distinctive

/dษชหˆstษชล‹ktษชv/

IPA: /D IH0 S T IH1 NG K T IH0 V/

noun
  1. 1

    A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic.

  2. 2

    (Hebrew grammar) A distinctive accent.

  3. 3

    A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect.

adjective
  1. 1

    Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.

    โ€œa product in distinctive packagingโ€

  2. 2

    Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things.

  3. 3

    Characteristic, typical.

    โ€œhis distinctive bass voiceโ€

  4. 4

    Distinguished, being distinct in character or position.

  5. 5

    (Hebrew grammar, of accents) Used to separate clauses in place of stops.

  6. 6

    (of sounds) Distinguishing a particular sense of word.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/distinctive