captif
French, noun/kap.tif/
captif is spelled C-A-P-T-I-F (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Captif is a French masculine noun meaning “captive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne ou créature capturée”.
What does captif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
captive
noun
- 1
masculinecaptive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a été capturé, en particulier à la guerre. 2. Qui est dans une grande contrainte, dans une grande sujétion. 3. À qui on ne laisse aucune liberté.
noun: 1. Personne ou créature capturée. 2. Prisonnier.
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 captif
- captive feminine
- captifs masculine plural
- captives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce captif?
- /kap.tif/
- \kap.tif\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to captif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is captif in French?
captif appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).