impérative
French, adjective/ɛ̃.pe.ʁa.tiv/
impérative is spelled I-M-P-É-R-A-T-I-V-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,423rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impérative is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of impératif” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does impérative mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of impératif
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Phrase au mode impératif.
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 impérative
- impératives plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impérative?
- /ɛ̃.pe.ʁa.tiv/
- \ɛ̃.pe.ʁa.tiv\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is impérative in French?
impérative appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).