évasif
French, adjective/e.va.zif/
évasif is spelled É-V-A-S-I-F (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,211th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Évasif is a French adjective meaning “evasive, slippery, noncommittal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui sert à éluder”.
What does évasif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
evasive, slippery, noncommittal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui sert à éluder. 2. Qui élude.
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 évasif
- évasive feminine
- évasifs masculine plural
- évasives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce évasif?
- /e.va.zif/
- \e.va.zif\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to évasif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is évasif in French?
évasif appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).