émotif
French, adjective/e.mɔ.tif/
émotif is spelled É-M-O-T-I-F (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,143rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Émotif is a French adjective meaning “emotive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui s’émeut aisément”.
What does émotif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
emotive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui s’émeut aisément. 2. Qui se laisse plus facilement dominer par ses émotions que par sa raison. 3. Qui est relatif aux émotions.
noun: 1. Personne qui s'émeut aisément. 2. Personne qui se laisse plus facilement dominer par ses émotions que par sa raison.
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 émotif
- émotive feminine
- émotifs masculine plural
- émotives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce émotif?
- /e.mɔ.tif/
- \e.mɔ.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 émotif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is émotif in French?
émotif appears 1.5 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).