facultatif
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facultatif is spelled F-A-C-U-L-T-A-T-I-F (10 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,237th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Facultatif is a French adjective meaning “optional, elective; not mandatory; facultative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui laisse la faculté de faire ou de ne pas faire une chose ; dont on peut, à son gré, faire ou ne pas faire…”.
What does facultatif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
optional, elective; not mandatory; facultative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui laisse la faculté de faire ou de ne pas faire une chose ; dont on peut, à son gré, faire ou ne pas faire usage.
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 facultatif
- facultative feminine
- facultatifs masculine plural
- facultatives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce facultatif?
- /fa.kyl.ta.tif/
- \fa.kyl.ta.tif\
- [fa.kyl.ta.tif]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to facultatif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is facultatif in French?
facultatif appears 1.4 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).