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allusif

French, adjective/a.ly.zif/

allusif is spelled A-L-L-U-S-I-F (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Allusif is a French adjective meaning “allusive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui contient une allusion”.

What does allusif mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    allusive

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui contient une allusion.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of allusif

  • allusive feminine
  • allusifs masculine plural
  • allusives feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce allusif?

  • /a.ly.zif/
  • \a.ly.zif\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to allusif

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is allusif in French?

allusif appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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