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{{also|Additive|additivé}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*deh₃-}}
From {{der|en|LL.|additivus}}, from the participial stem of {{der|en|la|addere||to add}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈæ.dɪ.tɪv/|a=UK}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-additive.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈæ.də.tɪv/|[ˈæ.ɾə.tɪv]|[ˈæ.ɾə.ɾɪv]|a=US}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# {{lb|en|mathematics}} Pertaining to [[addition]]; that can be, or has been, [[added]].
# {{lb|en|mathematics|of a [[function]], etc.}} That is [[distributive#English|distributive]] over [[addition]].
#: {{ux|en|Matrix multiplication is '''additive''', in that <math>M\vec v+M\vec w=M(\vec v+\vec w)</math>.}}
# {{lb|en|group theory|of a group, semigroup, etc.}} Whose [[operator]] is identified as [[addition]].
#: {{ux|en|It is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an '''additive''' group.}}
# {{lb|en|chemistry}} Pertaining to chemical [[addition]].
# {{lb|en|genetics}} Of or pertaining to [[gene]]s (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose effects work together on the [[phenotype]].

====Coordinate terms====
* {{l|en|multiplicative}}
* {{l|en|subtractive}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|en|additively|additiveness|additivism|adele|cycloadditive|geoadditive|heteroadditive|hypoadditive|interadditive|nonadditive|protoadditive|subadditive|superadditive|additive color
|additive combinatorics
|additive manufacturing
|additive number theory
|additive operation
|countably additive
|food additive
|additive function
|additive group
|additive identity
|additive inverse
|overadditive
|underadditive
|additive plural}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|additivity}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|math: that can be added}}
* Danish: {{t|da|additiv}} ''(rare)''
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|additiivinen}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tāpiripiri}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|addytywny}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|аддити́вный}}
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{{trans-top|math: that is distriutive over addition}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|additiivinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|additif}}
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{{trans-top|genetics}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|addytywny}}
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===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A [[substance]] added to another substance or [[product]] to produce specific [[properties]] in the combined substance.
#: {{ux|en|Oil may be used as an '''additive''' in gasoline to improve the lubrication of a small engine.}}
# {{lb|en|grammar}} A [[word]] or [[phrase]] that [[add]]s something, such as ''also'', ''even'', or ''nor''.

====Translations====
{{trans-top|substance added to another substance to produce certain properties}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|aditivu|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|доба́вка|f}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|additiu|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|添加劑|tr=tiānjiājì}}
* Danish: {{t|da|tilsætning|c}}, {{t|da|tilsætningsstof|n}}, {{t|da|additiv|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|aldonaĵo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|lisaaine}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lisäaine}}
* French: {{t+|fr|additif|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|aditivo|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Zusatzstoff|m}}, {{t+|de|Zusatz|m}}, {{t+|de|Additiv|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|תּוֹסָף|m|tr=tosaf}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|adalék}}, {{t+|hu|adalékanyag}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|additivo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|添加剤|tr=てんかざい, tenkazai}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|tilsetning|m|f}}, {{t|nb|tilsetningsstoff|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|tilsetning|f}}, {{t|nn|tilsetjingsstoff|n}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|ادیتیو|tr=aditiv}}, {{t+|fa|افزودنی}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aditivo|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|присадка}}, {{t+|ru|доба́вка|f}}, {{t+|ru|добавле́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|дополне́ние|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|дода́так|m}}, {{t|sh|при̑мјеса|f}}, {{t|sh|придодатак|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|dodátak|m}}, {{t+|sh|prȋmjesa|f}}, {{t|sh|pridodatak|m}}, {{t-check|sh|aditiv}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aditivo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tillsats|c}}
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===References===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}

===Further reading===
* {{pedia|Additive genetic effects}}
* {{pedia|Additive polynomial}}
* {{pedia|Additive utility}}
* {{pedia|Freshman's dream}} (''In which the function ƒ(x) = x<sup>n</sup> is erroneously thought to be '''additive'''.'')
* {{pedia|Weakly additive}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=addeiitv|davidite}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-additive.wav|a=Canada}}

===Adjective===
{{head|fr|adjective form}}

# {{feminine singular of|fr|additif}}

==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|de|De-additive.ogg}}

===Adjective===
{{head|de|adjective form}}

# {{de-adj form of|additiv}}

==Italian==

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|additìve}}

===Adjective===
{{head|it|adjective form}}

# {{adj form of|it|additivo||f|p}}