imitatif
French, adjective/i.mi.ta.tif/
imitatif is spelled I-M-I-T-A-T-I-F (8 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written French, the 229,021st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imitatif is a French adjective meaning “imitative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui imite”.
What does imitatif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
imitative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui imite.
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 imitatif
- imitative feminine
- imitatifs masculine plural
- imitatives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imitatif?
- /i.mi.ta.tif/
- \i.mi.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 imitatif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imitatif in French?
imitatif appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).