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distributif

French, noun/dis.tʁi.by.tif/

distributif is spelled D-I-S-T-R-I-B-U-T-I-F (11 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distributif is a French masculine noun meaning “distributive, distributive case” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cas grammatical présent dans certaines langues, indiquant une distribution égale, c’est-à-dire la division…”.

What does distributif mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    distributive

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedistributive, distributive case

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui distribue. 2. Qualifie une justice qui rend à chacun ce qui lui est dû. 3. Par opposition à collectif. 4. Qui permet de passer d'un produit de sommes à une somme de produit.

noun: 1. Cas grammatical présent dans certaines langues, indiquant une distribution égale, c’est-à-dire la division d’un ensemble en sous-ensembles comportant chacun le même nombre d’éléments (autrement dit, de même cardinal).

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 distributif

  • distributive feminine
  • distributifs masculine plural
  • distributives feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce distributif?

  • /dis.tʁi.by.tif/
  • \dis.tʁi.by.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 distributif

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

How common is distributif in French?

distributif appears about once in every 27 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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