instintiu

Catalan

Etymology

From instint +‎ -iu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ins.tinˈtiw]

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• Rhymes: -iw

Adjective

instintiu (feminine instintiva, masculine plural instintius, feminine plural instintives)

1. instinctive (prompted by instinct)
2. instinctive (driven by impulse)

Derived terms

• instintivament

Related terms

• instint

Further reading

• “instintiu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “instintiu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “instintiu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “instintiu”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007