dégénératif
French, adjective/de.ʒe.ne.ʁa.tif/
dégénératif is spelled D-É-G-É-N-É-R-A-T-I-F (11 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 159,320th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dégénératif is a French adjective meaning “degenerative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a le caractère de la dégénération”.
What does dégénératif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
degenerative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a le caractère de la dégénération.
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 dégénératif
- dégénérative feminine
- dégénératifs masculine plural
- dégénératives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dégénératif?
- /de.ʒe.ne.ʁa.tif/
- \de.ʒe.ne.ʁa.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 dégénératif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dégénératif in French?
dégénératif appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).