invective
French, noun
invective is spelled I-N-V-E-C-T-I-V-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,716th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Invective is a French feminine noun meaning “invective” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of invectiver. With an accent, invectivé is a different word: “past participle of invectiver”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Parole ou suite de paroles violentes et injurieuses contre quelqu’un ou contre quelque chose”.
What does invective mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinvective
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of invectiver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parole ou suite de paroles violentes et injurieuses contre quelqu’un ou contre quelque chose.
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 invective
- invectives plural
- invectivée feminine
- invectivés masculine plural
- invectivées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to invective
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is invective in French?
invective appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).