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fugitif

French, noun/fy.ʒi.tif/

fugitif is spelled F-U-G-I-T-I-F (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fugitif is a French masculine noun meaning “fugitive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne en fuite”.

What does fugitif mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefugitive

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui s’enfuit ou qui s’est enfui. 2. Ce qui passe ou se dérobe avec quelque rapidité ; fugace. 3. Fuyant, fugace, qui ne subsiste pas, qui est passager, peu durable.

noun: 1. Personne en fuite. 2. Prisonnier de guerre évadé et repris.

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 fugitif

  • fugitifs plural
  • fugitive feminine
  • fugitives plural feminine

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

How do you pronounce fugitif?

  • /fy.ʒi.tif/
  • \fy.ʒi.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 fugitif

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fugitif in French?

fugitif appears 1.5 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).

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