Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Etymology 1
- 1.1.1 Pronunciation
- 1.1.2 Adjective
- 1.1.2.1 Synonyms
- 1.1.2.2 Derived terms
- 1.1.2.3 Translations
- 1.2 Etymology 2
- 1.2.1 Pronunciation
- 1.2.2 Adjective
- 1.3 Anagrams
- 1.1 Etymology 1
- 2 Italian
- 2.1 Adjective
- 2.2 Anagrams
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English secretife, equivalent to secret + -ive.
See Also
Is It a Secret or Just Private?Here is Why Keeping a Secret from Someone is Not the Same as LyingWhat is Concealment of Assets? - Criminal Defense Lawyer Jesús BecerraThe One Secret Narcissists Won't RevealPronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
secretive (comparative more secretive, superlative most secretive)
- Having an inclination to secrecy
She's a secretive girl, not giving away much about her life.
Why are you acting all secretive? What are you hiding?
Synonyms[edit]
- furtive
- sly
- See also Thesaurus:covert
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
having an inclination to secrecy
- Albanian: tinzar, tinëzar(sq)
- Arabic: كَتُوم (katūm), مُتَحَفِّظ (mutaḥaffiẓ), مُتَكَتِّم (mutakattim)
- Egyptian Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: գաղտնապահ(hy) (gaġtnapah), ծածկամիտ(hy) (cackamit)
- Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: потаен(bg) (potaen)
- Catalan: reservat
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 保密的 (bǎo mì dē)
- Czech: tajnůstkářským, sekreční(cs)
- Danish: hemmelighedsfuld(da)
- Dutch: geheimzinnig(nl), gesloten(nl), gereserveerd(nl)
- Esperanto: kaŝema
- Finnish: salaperäinen(fi)
- French: secret(fr) (nature), cachottier(fr) (behaviour)
- German: verschlossen(de), heimlichtuerisch
- Greek: κρυφός(el)m (kryfós)
- Hebrew: חשאי(he)m (khashaí), נוטה לסודיותm (noté lesodiyút)
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: titokzatos(hu), titkolózó(hu)
- Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
- Latvian: noslēpumains
- Lithuanian: slapùs
- Maori: whakakumu
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: hemmelighetsfull
- Persian: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: skryty(pl)m, tajemniczy(pl)m
- Portuguese: reservado(pt)
- Romanian: secretos(ro)
- Russian: скры́тный(ru) (skrýtnyj), за́мкнутый(ru) (zámknutyj)
- Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
- Slovak: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: reservado(es)
- Swedish: hemlighetsfull(sv)
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
- Urdu: please add this translation if you can
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
secretive (not comparable)
- Relating to secretion
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
secretive
Anagrams[edit]
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