conductive
/kənˈdʌktɪv/kuhn-DUHK-tiv
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/kənˈdʌktɪv/kuhn-DUHK-tiv
Meaningtending to conduct
Common meaning: able to pass heat or electricity
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- conwith, together; thoroughly
- ductto lead or draw alongLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 615 · scan
- iveadjective ending: tending to
‘with, together’ + ‘to lead or draw along’ → conductive
Journey through time
- Latindūcō, dūxī, ductum‘to lead or draw along’
- Englishconduct‘to lead or manage’
- Englishformed in English from conductconductive‘able to pass heat or electricity’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from conduct + -ive.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CONDUCT, p.128 · scan
Roots
- dūcō, dūxī, ductum Latin “to lead or draw along”
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