élatif
\e.la.tif\
The verdict
“élatif” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cas pouvant exprimer dans certaines langues (finnois, hongrois, estonien) le lieu de l’intérieur duquel provient un mouvement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elatif · élatif · French
élatif · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | élatif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.la.tif\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « élatif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
élatif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.la.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
élatif has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is élatif, spelled É-L-A-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Cas pouvant exprimer dans certaines langues (finnois, hongrois, estonien) le lieu de l’intérieur duquel provient un mouvement.
- 2Correspond à un des degrés de l’adjectif, à savoir, une forme de superlatif absolu dans certaines langues (arabe).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how élatif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En grammaire hongroise, l’élatif est marqué par un suffixe.
En arabe, l’élatif de كَبِير kabīr (« gros, grand ») est أَكْبَر ʾakbar (« plus gros, plus grand »).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.