captiver
French, verb/kap.ti.ve/
captiver is spelled C-A-P-T-I-V-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,716th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Captiver is a French verb meaning “to engross; to captivate (to engage completely)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Retenir prisonnier”.
What does captiver mean in English?
verb
- 1
to engross; to captivate (to engage completely)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Retenir prisonnier. 2. Séduire, gagner.
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 captiver
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- captivant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- captivé participle past
- captive first-person indicative present
- captives indicative present second-person
- captivons first-person indicative plural
- captivez indicative plural present
- captivent indicative plural present
- captivais first-person imperfect indicative
- captivait imperfect indicative singular
- captivions first-person imperfect indicative
- captiviez imperfect indicative plural
- captivaient imperfect indicative plural
- captivai first-person historic indicative
- captivas historic indicative past
- captiva historic indicative past
- captivâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce captiver?
- /kap.ti.ve/
- \kap.ti.ve\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to captiver
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is captiver in French?
captiver appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).