infinitive
French, noun/ɛ̃.fi.ni.tiv/
infinitive is spelled I-N-F-I-N-I-T-I-V-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written French, the 157,622nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infinitive is a French feminine noun meaning “infinitive clause, same as proposition infinitive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of infinitif.
What does infinitive mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinfinitive clause, same as proposition infinitive
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of infinitif
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of infinitive
- infinitives plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce infinitive?
- /ɛ̃.fi.ni.tiv/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is infinitive in French?
infinitive appears about once in every 24 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).