Adjective
attractive (comparative more attractive, superlative most attractive)
- Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.
- Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing.
That's a very attractive offer.
- Pleasing or appealing to the senses, especially of a potential romantic partner.
He is an attractive fellow with a trim figure.
2013 February, Olivia Solomon, “Idol Worship and the Life Ruiners of Ecosoc”, in Echoes, University of the Philippines, page 50:[…] or I keysmash my feelings away every time there is an attractive picture of them that surfaced on the internet and since every picture is an attractive picture, let's just say my keyboard knows the pain I have to go through.
Translations
having the quality of attracting by inherent force
- Afrikaans: aantrekkend
- Arabic: جَذَّاب (jaḏḏāb)
- Armenian: գրավիչ (hy) (gravičʻ), հրապուրիչ (hy) (hrapuričʻ)
- Belarusian: прыцяга́льны (prycjahálʹny)
- Bulgarian: притега́телен (bg) (pritegátelen)
- Catalan: atractiu (ca)
- Czech: přitažlivý (cs)
- Danish: tiltrækkende, attraktiv (da)
- Dutch: aantrekkend (nl)
- Finnish: miellyttävä (fi), puoleensavetävä (fi), houkutteleva (fi), vetovoimainen (fi)
- French: attractif (fr)
- Galician: atractivo
- Georgian: ეშხიანი (ešxiani), მომხიბვლელი (momxibvleli), მიმზიდველი (mimzidveli)
- German: anziehend (de)
- Italian: attrattivo (it)
- Malayalam: ആകർഷകമായ (ml) (ākaṟṣakamāya)
- Marathi: आकर्षक (ākarṣak)
- Norwegian: attraktiv, tiltrekkende
- Ottoman Turkish: جاذب (câzib)
- Polish: pociągający (pl), przyciągający
- Portuguese: atrativo (pt), atrator
- Russian: притяга́тельный (ru) (pritjagátelʹnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: tarraingeach
- Spanish: atractivo (es)
- Swedish: attraktiv (sv)
- Turkish: cazip (tr), çekici (tr)
- Ukrainian: притяга́льний (prytjahálʹnyj)
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having the power of charming
- Afrikaans: aantreklik
- Arabic: جَذَّاب (jaḏḏāb)
- Armenian: գրավիչ (hy) (gravičʻ), հրապուրիչ (hy) (hrapuričʻ)
- Belarusian: прыва́бны (pryvábny), прыва́блівы (pryváblivy), прына́дны (prynádny), пана́длівы (panádlivy)
- Bulgarian: привлека́телен (bg) (privlekátelen)
- Catalan: atractiu (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 吸引人 (xīyǐnrén), 有吸引力的 (yǒu xǐyǐnlì de)
- Czech: přitažlivý (cs), atraktivní (cs)
- Danish: tiltrækkende, attraktiv (da)
- Dutch: aantrekkelijk (nl), attractief (nl)
- Esperanto: alloga
- Finnish: houkutteleva (fi), kiinnostava (fi)
- French: attrayant (fr), attractif (fr), sympathique (fr)
- Galician: atractivo
- Georgian: მომხიბლველი (momxiblveli)
- German: attraktiv (de)
- Hungarian: vonzó (hu), csábító (hu)
- Irish: caithiseach
- Italian: attraente (it), procace (it), stuzzicante (it), allettante (it)
- Japanese: 魅力的な (ja) (みりょくてきな, miryokuteki na)
- Macedonian: при́влечен (prívlečen), симпа́тичен (simpátičen)
- Malayalam: ആകർഷകമായ (ml) (ākaṟṣakamāya)
- Marathi: आकर्षक (ākarṣak)
- Norman: séduisant
- Norwegian: attraktiv, tiltrekkende
- Ottoman Turkish: جاذب (câzib)
- Polish: atrakcyjny (pl)
- Portuguese: atraente (pt)
- Romanian: atractiv (ro)
- Russian: привлека́тельный (ru) (privlekátelʹnyj), симпати́чный (ru) (simpatíčnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: tarraingeach, tlachdmhor
- Spanish: atractivo (es)
- Telugu: ఆకర్షణీయమైన (te) (ākarṣaṇīyamaina)
- Turkish: cazip (tr), cezbedici
- Ukrainian: прива́бливий (pryváblyvyj), прива́бний (pryvábnyj), прина́дливий (prynádlyvyj), прина́дний (prynádnyj)
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pleasing or appealing to the senses
- Afrikaans: mooi (af), aantreklik
- Armenian: գրավիչ (hy) (gravičʻ), հաճելի (hy) (hačeli), դուրեկան (hy) (durekan)
- Bulgarian: привлека́телен (bg) (privlekátelen)
- Catalan: atractiu (ca)
- Cebuano: hitsuraan, itsuraan
- Czech: přitažlivý (cs), atraktivní (cs)
- Danish: tiltalende, tiltrækkende
- Dutch: schoon (nl), mooi (nl), aantrekkelijk (nl)
- Esperanto: alloga
- Finnish: viehättävä (fi) (usually female); komea (fi) (usually male); puoleensavetävä (fi), hyvännäköinen (fi) (unisex)
- Galician: atraente
- Georgian: მომხიბლველი (momxiblveli)
- German: attraktiv (de), schön (de)
- Greek: ελκυστικός (el) (elkystikós)
- Ancient: εὔμορφος (eúmorphos)
- Hebrew: מושך (moshekh)
- Irish: caithiseach
- Italian: procace (it), attraente (it), affascinante (it)
- Japanese: 魅力的な (ja) (みりょくてきな, miryokuteki na)
- Kabuverdianu: bunitu, benite
- Khiamniungan Naga: tīe
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Latin: formosus
- Latvian: pievilcīgs
- Lü: please add this translation if you can
- Malay: menarik (ms)
- Maori: rerehua (to look at)
- Marathi: आकर्षक (ākarṣak)
- Middle English: semly
- Norwegian: tiltalende, tiltrekkende
- Ottoman Turkish: جاذب (câzib)
- Polish: atrakcyjny (pl)
- Portuguese: atraente (pt)
- Russian: привлека́тельный (ru) (privlekátelʹnyj), симпати́чный (ru) (simpatíčnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: tarraingeach, tlachdmhor
- Shan: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: atrayente, atractivo (es)
- Tagalog: kaakit-akit
- Telugu: ఆకర్షణీయమైన (te) (ākarṣaṇīyamaina)
- Thai: สวย (th) (sǔai), สวยงาม (sŭay ngaam), น่ารัก (th) (nâa-rák), มีเสน่ห์ (mee sànày)
- Turkish: cazip (tr)
- Ukrainian: прива́бливий (pryváblyvyj)
- Vietnamese: quyến rũ (vi)
- Volapük: plitülik (vo)
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Translations to be checked
References
attractive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “attractive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “attractive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
