"positif" meaning in French

See positif in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /po.zi.tif/ Audio: Fr-positif.ogg Forms: positive [feminine], positifs [masculine, plural], positives [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From Latin positīvus. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|la|positīvus}} Latin positīvus Head templates: {{fr-adj}} positif (feminine positive, masculine plural positifs, feminine plural positives)
  1. positive (characteristic)
    Sense id: en-positif-fr-adj-56WYVNhH
  2. (number) positive or zero. nonnegative Tags: numeral
    Sense id: en-positif-fr-adj-mSPfAjRj
  3. positive (for e.g. a drug test)
    Sense id: en-positif-fr-adj-hS3dXlEq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: faux positif, séropositif, strictement positif

Noun

IPA: /po.zi.tif/ Audio: Fr-positif.ogg Forms: positifs [plural]
Etymology: From Latin positīvus. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|la|positīvus}} Latin positīvus Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} positif m (plural positifs)
  1. positive, something positive Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-positif-fr-noun-3494m2mU
  2. (physics) positive (electrical polarity) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-positif-fr-noun-lGnSNII~ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 6 1 77 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 1 1 6 2 50 6 0 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 3 1 54 4 0 37 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (linguistics) positive form Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-positif-fr-noun-aoft0IEr Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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