missive
French, noun\mi.siv\
missive is spelled M-I-S-S-I-V-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,160th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Missive is a French feminine noun meaning “missive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Courrier destiné à être envoyé”.
What does missive mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemissive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Courrier destiné à être envoyé.
adjective: 1. Qui est destinée à être envoyée, dans la locution lettre missive.
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 missive
- missives plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce missive?
- \mi.siv\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to missive
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is missive in French?
missive appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).