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locatif

French, noun/lɔ.ka.tif/

locatif is spelled L-O-C-A-T-I-F (7 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Locatif is a French masculine noun meaning “locative, locative case” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cas grammatical exprimant la localisation dans l’espace (sans mouvement), le lieu où se déroule l’action”.

What does locatif mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    locative

  2. 2

    rental

noun

  1. 1

    masculinelocative, locative case

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relatif à une location ou au locataire. 2. Relatif au lieu, à la localisation.

noun: 1. Cas grammatical exprimant la localisation dans l’espace (sans mouvement), le lieu où se déroule l’action.

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 locatif

  • locative feminine
  • locatifs masculine plural
  • locatives feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce locatif?

  • /lɔ.ka.tif/
  • \lɔ.ka.tif\
  • [lɔ.ka.tif]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is locatif in French?

locatif appears 2.1 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).

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