Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

infective

/ɪnˈfɛktɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: in-fec-tive
IPA: /ɪnˈfɛktɪv/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to cause infection; infectious

noun

A person who is capable of spreading a disease by infecting others.

Example Sentences

"Hirsch has followed a group of 85 health care workers who were exposed to blood and bodily fluids of persons with AIDS. Thirty had been exposed by accidentally sticking themselves with needles containing blood and three had been spattered or had an open wound exposed to potentially infective blood."
"It is evident that the greater the number of susceptibles, then the greater the increase in the number of infectives."

Etymology

Etymology tree English infect Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English infective From infect + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more infective (comparative) most infective (superlative) infectives (plural)

Derived Forms

antiinfective autoinfective coinfective disinfective infectiveness infectivity noninfective parainfective postinfective subinfective superinfective uninfective

Frequently Paired Words

immune susceptible

Synonyms

morbific pathogenic infectious

Rhymes With

effective perspective objective collective detective respective protective selective prospective subjective directive ineffective

Questions

How do you pronounce infective?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈfɛktɪv/.
What does infective mean?: Able to cause infection; infectious
Where does infective come from?: Etymology tree English infect Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English infective From infect + -ive.

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