exhaustive

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustīvus, also exhaust +‎ -ive by surface analysis. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv/ (General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɔstɪv/ (US, Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɑstɪv/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzoːstɪv/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɘɡˈzoːstɘv/ Hyphenation: ex‧hau‧stive === Adjective === exhaustive (comparative more exhaustive, superlative most exhaustive) Including every possible element: fully comprehensive. Synonym: all-encompassing Hypernyms: thorough, comprehensive; see also Thesaurus:comprehensive (now rare) Causing exhaustion; very tiring. Synonyms: tiring, weariful; see also Thesaurus:fatiguing ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛɡ.zos.tiv/ Homophone: exhaustives === Adjective === exhaustive feminine singular of exhaustif