excessif
French, adjective/ɛk.sɛ.sif/
excessif is spelled E-X-C-E-S-S-I-F (8 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written French, the 12,326th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Excessif is a French adjective meaning “excessive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui excède la règle, la mesure, le degré ordinaire ou convenable”.
What does excessif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
excessive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui excède la règle, la mesure, le degré ordinaire ou convenable. 2. Se dit des personnes portées à l’excès.
noun: 1. Réalité considérée comme constituant un excès. 2. Cas exprimant une transition à partir d’un état.
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 excessif
- excessive feminine
- excessifs masculine plural
- excessives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce excessif?
- /ɛk.sɛ.sif/
- /ɛk.se.sif/
- \ɛk.sɛ.sif\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to excessif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is excessif in French?
excessif appears 4.4 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).