Consumptive — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person with pulmonary tuberculosis

tending to consume or use often wastefully

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈæs/

🇬🇧British English

/kənsˈʌmptɪv/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kənsˈʌmptɪv/

3 syllables Say it as /kɹˈæs/.

Examples

water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses
duties consumptive of time and energy
consumptive fires

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

lunger tubercular

Antonyms

generative

Parts of Speech

noun	a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
adjective	tending to consume or use often wastefully “water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses”
adjective	afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis “a consumptive patient”

Word Forms

consume

verb

use up (resources or materials)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

schwindsüchtig

eine Person mit Lungentuberkulose

🇫🇷French

phtisique

une personne atteinte de tuberculose pulmonaire

🇪🇸Spanish

consuntivo

una persona con tuberculosis pulmonar

🇮🇹Italian

consuntivo

una persona affetta da tubercolosi polmonare

🇳🇱Dutch

consumptief

iemand met longtuberculose

🇵🇹Portuguese

tuberculoso

uma pessoa com tuberculose pulmonar

🇷🇺Russian

чахоточный

человек, больной туберкулезом легких

India

🇮🇳Hindi

तपेदिक़-संबंधी

फुफ्फुसीय तपेदिक से पीड़ित व्यक्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

খরচমূলক

পালমোনারি যক্ষ্মা আক্রান্ত একজন ব্যক্তি

🇮🇳Tamil

நுகர்வு

நுரையீரல் காசநோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட ஒரு நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

వినియోగించే

ఊపిరితిత్తుల క్షయవ్యాధి ఉన్న వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

उपभोग्य

फुफ्फुसीय क्षयरोग असलेली व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉપભોક્તા

પલ્મોનરી ટ્યુબરક્યુલોસિસ ધરાવતી વ્યક્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸೇವಿಸುವ

ಶ್ವಾಸಕೋಶದ ಕ್ಷಯರೋಗ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഉപഭോഗം

പൾമണറി ട്യൂബർകുലോസിസ് ഉള്ള ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਖਪਤਕਾਰੀ

ਪਲਮਨਰੀ ਟੀਬੀ ਵਾਲਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

استعمال کرنے والا

پلمونری تپ دق کے ساتھ ایک شخص

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

消耗性的

患有肺结核的人

🇯🇵Japanese

消費的な

肺結核の人

🇰🇷Korean

소모적인

폐결핵을 앓고 있는 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tiêu hao

một người mắc bệnh lao phổi

🇹🇭Thai

สิ้นเปลือง

ผู้ที่เป็นโรควัณโรคปอด

🇮🇩Indonesian

konsumtif

seseorang dengan tuberkulosis paru

🇵🇭Filipino

nakakakonsumo

isang taong may pulmonary tuberculosis

🇲🇾Malay

konsumtif

seseorang yang menghidap tuberkulosis pulmonari

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

المسلول

شخص مصاب بالسل الرئوي

🇮🇷Persian

مصرفی

فرد مبتلا به سل ریوی

🇹🇷Turkish

veremli

akciğer tüberkülozu olan bir kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

שַׁחֲפָנִי

אדם עם שחפת ריאתית

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