• IPA: /ˈkæptɪv/

captive (plural captives)

1. One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
2. One held prisoner.
3. (figurative) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.

• French: captif, captive
• German: Gefangener, Gefangene
• Italian: prigioniero
• Portuguese: cativo
• Russian: пле́нный
• Spanish: cautivo, prisionero

• German: Gefangener
• Italian: prigioniero
• Portuguese: prisioneiro
• Russian: пле́нник
• Spanish: preso

captive (not comparable)

1. Held prisoner; not free; confined.
   • 1671, John Milton, Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: Printed by J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398 ↗:

     A poor, miserable, captive thrall.

2. Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
   • c. 1593, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene i]:

     Even in so short a space, my woman's heart / Grossly grew captive to his honey words.

3. Of or relating to bondage or confinement; serving to confine.

   captive chains; captive hours

• French: captif
• German: gefangen
• Italian: catturato, intrappolato
• Portuguese: cativo
• Russian: пле́нный
• Spanish: cautivo

captive (captives, present participle captiving; past and past participle captived)

1. (transitive, archaic) To capture; to take captive.