distinctive

distinctive
adjective
unverwechselbar

be distinctive of something — für etwas charakteristisch sein

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[-tiv]
adjective (different and easily identified: I recognized her from a long way off - she has a very distinctive walk!) bezeichnend
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dis·tinc·tive
[dɪˈstɪŋ(k)tɪv]
adj
1. (special) charakteristisch, unverwechselbar
\distinctive feature Unterscheidungsmerkmal nt
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[dI'stIŋktIv]
adj
style, flavour, smell, gesture, walk etc unverwechselbar, unverkennbar; feature, pattern unverkennbar; sound typisch, unverkennbar; voice, dress (= characteristic) charakteristisch; (= unmistakable) unverwechselbar; (= striking) colour, plumage auffällig

distinctive features (of person) — besondere Kennzeichen

she had a very distinctive voice — sie hatte eine ganz unverwechselbare or besondere Stimme

with his distinctive irony — mit der ihm eigenen or für ihn charakteristischen Ironie

there's something distinctive about them — an ihnen ist etwas Besonderes

distinctive to sb/sth — charakteristisch für jdn/etw

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distinctive [dıˈstıŋktıv] adj (adv distinctively)
1. unterscheidend, Unterscheidungs…, Erkennungs…: → academic.ru/26708/feature">feature A 3, mark1 A 3
2. kennzeichnend, bezeichnend, charakteristisch (alle:
of für), besonder(er, e, es), ausgeprägt, spezifisch, unverwechselbar:
be distinctive of sth etwas kennzeichnen
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adjective
unverwechselbar

be distinctive of something — für etwas charakteristisch sein

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adj.
ausgeprägt adj.
unterscheidend adj.

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