Word.ws English Dictionary

secretive in Arabic

كَتُوم katūm

/ˈsiːkɹɪtɪv/

secretive in Arabic: كَتُوم (katūm), مُتَحَفِّظ (mutaḥaffiẓ), مُتَكَتِّم (mutakattim). In English, secretive means having an inclination to secrecy.

Arabic words for secretive

having an inclination to secrecy
كَتُوم katūm, مُتَحَفِّظ mutaḥaffiẓ, مُتَكَتِّم mutakattim

English meaning of secretive

  1. adjective Having an inclination to secrecy.
  2. adjective Relating to secretion.

Full definition of secretive

secretive in a sentence

  • She's a secretive girl, not giving away much about her life.
  • Why are you acting all secretive? What are you hiding?

Synonyms of secretive

secretive in other languages

Questions about secretive in Arabic

What is the meaning of secretive in Arabic?
Secretive in Arabic is كَتُوم (katūm), مُتَحَفِّظ (mutaḥaffiẓ), مُتَكَتِّم (mutakattim).
ما معنى كلمة secretive؟
Secretive: كَتُوم (katūm), مُتَحَفِّظ (mutaḥaffiẓ), مُتَكَتِّم (mutakattim).
What does secretive mean in English?
Secretive means having an inclination to secrecy.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: secretive (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-secretive1.wav.

Cite this page: “secretive meaning in Arabic.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/arabic/secretive. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.