essif
French, noun/e.sif/
essif is spelled E-S-S-I-F (5 letters). Essif is a French masculine noun meaning “essive, essive case” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cas indiquant un état ou une qualité dans certaines langues autres que le français”.
What does essif mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineessive, essive case
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cas indiquant un état ou une qualité dans certaines langues autres que le français.
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 essif
- essifs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce essif?
- /e.sif/
- \ɛ.sif\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.