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Meaning of "caitive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CAITIVE

caitive  [ˈkeɪtɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAITIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Caitive is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CAITIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of caitive in the English dictionary

The definition of caitive in the dictionary is a captive.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAITIVE


altercative
ˈɔːltəˌkeɪtɪv
complicative
ˈkɒmplɪˌkeɪtɪv
contemplative
ˈkɒntɛmˌpleɪtɪv
creative
kriːˈeɪtɪv
degenerative
dɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪtɪv
inculcative
ˌɪnkʌlˈkeɪtɪv
innovative
ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv
integrative
ˈɪntɪˌɡreɪtɪv
justificative
ˈdʒʌstɪfɪˌkeɪtɪv
modificative
ˈmɒdɪfɪˌkeɪtɪv
multiplicative
ˈmʌltɪplɪˌkeɪtɪv
native
ˈneɪtɪv
oxidative
ˈɒksɪˌdeɪtɪv
placative
pləˈkeɪtɪv
purificative
ˈpjʊərɪfɪˌkeɪtɪv
qualificative
ˈkwɒlɪfɪˌkeɪtɪv
stative
ˈsteɪtɪv
suffocative
ˈsʌfəˌkeɪtɪv
verificative
ˈvɛrɪfɪˌkeɪtɪv
vindicative
ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪtɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAITIVE

cainogenetically
Cainozoic
Caipiroska
caird
Caird Coast
Cairene
cairn
cairn terrier
cairned
cairngorm
Cairngorm Mountains
Cairngorms
Cairns
cairny
Cairo
caisson
caisson disease
Caithness
caitiff

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAITIVE

active
additive
aperitive
capacitive
case-sensitive
cognitive
competitive
definitive
fugitive
HIV-positive
insensitive
intransitive
intuitive
nutritive
positive
primitive
prohibitive
punitive
repetitive
sensitive
time-sensitive

Synonyms and antonyms of caitive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «caitive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAITIVE

Find out the translation of caitive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of caitive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «caitive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

caitive
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

caitive
570 millions of speakers

English

caitive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

caitive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

caitive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

caitive
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caitive
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

caitive
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

caitive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Caitif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

caitive
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

caitive
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

caitive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Caitive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

caitive
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

caitive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅटिव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

caitive
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

caitive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

caitive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

caitive
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

caitive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

caitive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

caitive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

caitive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

caitive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of caitive

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAITIVE»

The term «caitive» is barely ever used and occupies the 201.947 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of caitive
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAITIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «caitive» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «caitive» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about caitive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAITIVE»

Discover the use of caitive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to caitive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sea of Silk: A Textile Geography of Women's Work in Medieval ...
The potential rhetorical force of the term "caitive," indicating forced capture, is effectively attenuated at several turns in the narrative. The tale's anonymous author sometimes transposes the word's meaning into the courtly register, using it to ...
E. Jane Burns, 2009
2
Spenser's Faerie Queene
Cav'd mack hollow, Gall, caver, a Lat. cavare. B. iv. C. 5. St. 33. Caytive, Caitive, a Lat. captivus, Ital. cattivo ; a word frequent in the Italian romances and poets. Captive, slave ; hence wretched, slavish ; mean, vile, &c. a caitive thrall, a wretched ...
Edmund Spenser, John Upton, 1758
3
The Lancashire Witch Conspiracy: Histories and New ...
caitive. witches. meete. to. swear. Their. homage. to. ye. devil. The Reverend Richard James, Fellow of Oxford, visited Pendle at the time of the 1633 trials and wrote the above description of Malkin Tower in a first-hand account. He also said  ...
John A. Clayton, 2007
4
An essay on the life and writings of Edmund Spencer
She staid : With that he crauld out of his nest, Forth creeping on his caitive 1 hands and thies ; And standing stoutly up his lofty crest Did fiercely shake, and rowze as comming late from rest. XXXVI. As fearfull fowle, that long in secret cave For ...
Edmund Spenser, George Stillman Hillard, Philip Masterman, 1845
5
The Whole Works...
Now in these cases when our natures are caitive and unhandsome, it were good we were conscious of our own weaknesses, and by special arts and strengths of mortification fortify that part where we are apt and exposed to danger: we are ...
Jeremy Taylor, 1864
6
The whole works of ... Jeremy Taylor, with a life of the ...
Now in these cases when our natures are caitive and unhandsome, it were good we were conscious of our own weaknesses, and by special arts and strengths of mortification fortify that part where we are apt and exposed to danger : we are ...
Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.), Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.), 1856
7
Essay on the life and writings of Edmund Spencer [by Philip ...
She staid: With that he crauld out of his nest, Forth creeping on his caitive 1 hands and thies; And standing stoutly up his lofty crest Did fiercely shake, and rowze as comming late from rest. XXXVI. As fearfull fowle, that long in secret cave For ...
Edmund Spenser, George Stillman Hillard, 1842
8
The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor...: With an ...
Now, in these cases, when our natures are caitive and unhandsome, it were good we were conscious of our own weaknesses! and, by special arts and strengths of mortification, fortify that part, where we are apt and exposed to danger : we arc ...
Jeremy Taylor, George Rust, 1851
9
The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Discourses ...
Now in these cases when our natures are caitive and unhandsome, it were good we were conscious of our own weaknesses, and by special arts and strengths of mortification fortify that part where we are apt and exposed to danger: we are ...
Sir Humphry Davy, John Davy, 1847
10
Poetical Works ...: Account of the author's life, etc.- The ...
She staid : With that he crauld out of his nest, Forth creeping on his caitive 1 hands and thies ; And standing stoutly up his lofty crest Did fiercely shake, and rowze as comming late from XXXVI. As fearfull fowle, that long in secret cave i^ For ...
Edmund Spenser, 1842

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« EDUCALINGO. Caitive [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/caitive>. Jun 2026 ».
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