intensif
French, adjective/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sif/
intensif is spelled I-N-T-E-N-S-I-F (8 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intensif is a French adjective meaning “intensive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “À quoi on fait dépasser la mesure ordinaire”.
What does intensif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
intensive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. À quoi on fait dépasser la mesure ordinaire. 2. Qui a la plénitude de l’être. 3. Se dit d’une grandeur physique indépendante de la quantité de matière présente dans l’échantillon, et mathématiquement représentée par une variable ordinale.
noun: 1. Mot qui modifie le degré d’un adjectif ou d’un adverbe. En français, par exemple, très, extrêmement et énormément sont des intensifs.
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 intensif
- intensive feminine
- intensifs masculine plural
- intensives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intensif?
- /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sif/
- \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sif\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intensif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intensif in French?
intensif appears 2.9 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).