fictif
French, adjective/fik.tif/
fictif is spelled F-I-C-T-I-F (6 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written French, the 11,545th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fictif is a French adjective meaning “fictional” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n'existe que par imagination, qui est irréel”.
What does fictif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fictional
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n'existe que par imagination, qui est irréel.
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 fictif
- fictive feminine
- fictifs masculine plural
- fictives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fictif?
- /fik.tif/
- \fik.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 fictif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fictif in French?
fictif appears 4.8 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).