obsessiu

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin obsessus +‎ -iu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [up.səˈsiw]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [op.səˈsiw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [op.seˈsiw]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

obsessiu (feminine obsessiva, masculine plural obsessius, feminine plural obsessives)

1. obsessive (pursuing one activity to the exclusion of others)

Derived terms

• obsessivament

Related terms

• obsessió

Further reading

• “obsessiu”, 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