"actif" meaning in French

See actif in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ak.tif/ Audio: Fr-actif.ogg [France, Paris] Forms: active [feminine], actifs [masculine, plural], actives [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -if Etymology: Inherited from Old French actif, from Latin āctīvus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|actif|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French actif, {{inh+|fr|fro|actif}} Inherited from Old French actif, {{der|fr|la|āctīvus}} Latin āctīvus Head templates: {{fr-adj}} actif (feminine active, masculine plural actifs, feminine plural actives)
  1. active
    Sense id: en-actif-fr-adj-loeWEWUP
  2. (grammar) active Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-actif-fr-adj-loeWEWUP1 Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 36 21 16 23 5 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. working, (relational) work
    Sense id: en-actif-fr-adj-rk2x36JZ Categories (other): French terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: activement, activer, charbon actif, écoute active, vocabulaire actif Related terms: action, activité, agir

Noun

IPA: /ak.tif/ Audio: Fr-actif.ogg [France, Paris] Forms: actifs [plural]
Rhymes: -if Etymology: Inherited from Old French actif, from Latin āctīvus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|actif|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French actif, {{inh+|fr|fro|actif}} Inherited from Old French actif, {{der|fr|la|āctīvus}} Latin āctīvus Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} actif m (plural actifs)
  1. (accounting) asset Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Accounting
    Sense id: en-actif-fr-noun-1ZOG4K5D Topics: accounting, business, finance
  2. (grammar) active Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-actif-fr-noun-loeWEWUP Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (LGBT, slang) top Tags: masculine, slang Categories (topical): LGBT
    Sense id: en-actif-fr-noun-KHIDZcXn Topics: LGBT, lifestyle, sexuality

Inflected forms

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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/Fr-actif.ogg/Fr-actif.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Fr-actif.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Paris"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (France, Paris)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "actif"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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