contraceptive
/ˈkɒn.tɹəˌsɛp.tɪv/
contraceptive adjective: that acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.
Adjective
contraceptive (comparative more contraceptive, superlative most contraceptive)
- That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.
- She was careful to take her contraceptive pill at the same time every day.
- This has led to the selection of 4-guanidinobenzoates with either acetamenophen or ethylparaben as the phenol moiety for clinical evaluation, because they are orders of magnitude more contraceptive than nonoxynol-9 and less irritating to the vagina.1994, P. F. A. Van Look, Gregorio Pérez-Palacios, World Health Organization, Contraceptive Research and Development, 1984-1994: The Road from Mexico City to Cairo and Beyond
Noun
contraceptive (plural contraceptives)
- A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.
- Putting a pig's bladder over one's penis before intercourse is not a good contraceptive.
- The document covers the following family planning methods: combined oral contraceptives (COCs), combined injectable contraceptives (CICs), progestogen-only pills (POPs), depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), norethisterone enantate (NET-EN), levonorgestrel implants, emergency contraceptive...2004, Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use, 2nd edition, World Health Organization
contraceptive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
contraceptive in Hindi
- means by which impregnating a woman can be prevented
- गर्भनिरोधक garbhanirodhak
contraceptive in Tamil
- கருத்தடை சாதனம்
contraceptive in Marathi
- गर्भनिरोधकीय
contraceptive in Urdu
- that acts to prevent conception
- مانع حمل māne-e-hamaa
- means by which impregnating a woman can be prevented
- مانع حمل māne-e-hamal
More languagesFewer languages
- contraceptive in Bengali
- গর্ভনিরোধকারী
- contraceptive in Odia
- ଗର୍ଭନିରୋଧକାରୀ, ଗର୍ଭ ନିରୋଧକାରୀ
- contraceptive in Nepali
- गर्भ निरोधात्मक
- contraceptive in Tagalog
- panlabanlihi, pang-agaw-lihi
- contraceptive in Persian
- ضد بارداری zedd-e bârdâri
Examples of contraceptive in a sentence
- I broached the subject of contraceptives carefully when the teenager mentioned his promiscuity.
- A compound in women's armpit extract could potentially open the door to sniffable contraceptives.
- Complex attractional approaches tend to have a contraceptive effect on the reproductive capacities of the church.
Forms of contraceptive
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more contraceptive |
| superlative | most contraceptive |
| Noun | |
| plural | contraceptives |
Origin of contraceptive
Coined in the 20th century from contra- + conceptive; compare the related contraception.
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Questions about contraceptive
- What does contraceptive mean?
- Contraceptive means that acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.
- What is contraceptive in Hindi?
- Contraceptive in Hindi is गर्भनिरोधक (garbhanirodhak). See Contraceptive meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is contraceptive?
- Contraceptive can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce contraceptive?
- Contraceptive is pronounced /ˈkɒn.tɹəˌsɛp.tɪv/ (UK).
Words near contraceptive in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: contraceptive (page history and authors); contraceptive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contraceptive (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); contraceptive (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); contraceptive (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); contraceptive (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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