abortif
\a.bɔʁ.tif\
The verdict
“abortif” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est venu avant terme, qui n’a pu acquérir son entier développement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-abortif · abortif · French
abortif · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abortif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.bɔʁ.tif\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « abortif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
abortif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.bɔʁ.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for abortif in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is abortif, spelled A-B-O-R-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui est venu avant terme, qui n’a pu acquérir son entier développement.
- 2Qui fait avorter.
- 3Qui fait avorter en parlant d’un médicament, d’une drogue ou d’un traitement.
- 4Incomplètement développé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abortif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfant abortif.
Lambert avait admis que sa femme se livrait sur elle-même à des manœuvres abortives depuis qu’un étudiant en médecine lui avait montré comment s’y prendre. Il était possible qu’après un avortement plus pénible que les autres, l’idée lui soit venue de s’adresser à une sage-femme.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.