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expéditif

French, adjective/ɛk.spe.di.tif/

expéditif is spelled E-X-P-É-D-I-T-I-F (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,824th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expéditif is a French adjective meaning “expeditious, efficient, rapid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui expédie promptement les affaires, la besogne dont il est chargé”.

What does expéditif mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    expeditious, efficient, rapid

  2. 2

    derogatoryperfunctory, hasty, hurried

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui expédie promptement les affaires, la besogne dont il est chargé.

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 expéditif

  • expéditive feminine
  • expéditifs masculine plural
  • expéditives feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce expéditif?

  • /ɛk.spe.di.tif/
  • \ɛks.pe.di.tif\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is expéditif in French?

expéditif 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).

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