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extractif

French, adjective/ɛk.stʁak.tif/

extractif is spelled E-X-T-R-A-C-T-I-F (9 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 155,929th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extractif is a French adjective meaning “extractive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui extrait”.

What does extractif mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    extractive

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui extrait.

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 extractif

  • extractive feminine
  • extractifs masculine plural
  • extractives feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce extractif?

  • /ɛk.stʁak.tif/
  • \ɛks.tʁak.tif\

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

How common is extractif in French?

extractif appears about once in every 23 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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