normatif
French, adjective/nɔʁ.ma.tif/
normatif is spelled N-O-R-M-A-T-I-F (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 39,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Normatif is a French adjective meaning “normative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a tendance à conforter la norme, qui rend conforme à la norme, qui dénonce tout écart de la norme”.
What does normatif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
normative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a tendance à conforter la norme, qui rend conforme à la norme, qui dénonce tout écart de la norme. 2. Qui tente d’établir la norme et d’orienter l’usage. 3. Qui a trait à la gestion des textes législatifs et réglementaires. 4. Caractère de ce qui est impératif et univoque.
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 normatif
- normative feminine
- normatifs masculine plural
- normatives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce normatif?
- /nɔʁ.ma.tif/
- \nɔʁ.ma.tif\
- [n̪ɔʁ̥.ma.t̪if]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to normatif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is normatif in French?
normatif 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).