assertive

English

Etymology

From assert +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈsɝtɪv/
Audio (US) (file)

Adjective

assertive (comparative more assertive, superlative most assertive)

Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.

Derived terms

Translations

boldly self-assured

Bulgarian: самоуверен (bg) (samouveren), настоятелен (bg) (nastojatelen), напорист (naporist)
Catalan: assertiu (ca)
Czech: asertivní, průbojný, kategorický (cs)
Dutch: assertief (nl), mondig (nl)
Esperanto: ordonema
Finnish: itsevarma (fi), jämäkkä (fi)
French: assuré (fr), assertif (fr)
Galician: asertivo m
German: assertiv (de), selbstbewusst (de), durchsetzungsfähig, bestimmt (de), affirmativ (de), bejahend (de), positiv (de), zuversichtlich (de), forsch (de), assertiv (de), herausfordernd (de), dogmatisch (de), auffallend (de)
Hebrew: אַסֶרְטִיבִי (he) (asertívi)
Irish: forránach
Italian: assertivo (it)
Macedonian: самоу́верен (samoúveren), у́тврден (útvrden)
Maori: hikareia
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fremoverlent (no)
Polish: pewny siebie (pl) (in general), pewny swego (in a particular situation), asertywny (pl) (calque fashionable in psychology)
Portuguese: assertivo (pt), firme (pt)
Romanian: asertiv (ro)
Russian: напо́ристый (ru) (napóristyj), самоуве́ренный (ru) (samouvérennyj), утверди́тельный (ru) (utverdítelʹnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: dian-bhriathrach
Spanish: categórico (es), enérgico (es), firme (es)
Turkish: iddialı (tr)
Ukrainian: асертивний m (asertyvnyj)

Anagrams

sevirates

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.sɛʁ.tiv/
Homophone: assertives

Adjective

assertive

feminine singular of assertif

German

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Adjective

assertive

inflection of assertiv:
1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
2. strong nominative/accusative plural
3. weak nominative all-gender singular
4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

assertive f pl

feminine plural of assertivo

Anagrams

asservite, astersive, resisteva, tesseravi

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