imperfectif
French, noun/ɛ̃.pɛʁ.fɛk.tif/
imperfectif is spelled I-M-P-E-R-F-E-C-T-I-F (11 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imperfectif is a French masculine noun meaning “imperfective” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aspect verbal correspondant à un procès dont les limites ne sont pas fixes”.
What does imperfectif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
imperfective (related to the imperfective aspect)
noun
- 1
masculineimperfective
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dont le procès est continuel, pas fini, en parlant de l’aspect de certains verbes.
noun: 1. Aspect verbal correspondant à un procès dont les limites ne sont pas fixes.
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 imperfectif
- imperfective feminine
- imperfectifs masculine plural
- imperfectives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imperfectif?
- /ɛ̃.pɛʁ.fɛk.tif/
- \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.fɛk.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 imperfectif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imperfectif in French?
imperfectif appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).