occlusive
French, noun/ɔ.kly.ziv/
occlusive is spelled O-C-C-L-U-S-I-V-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 109,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Occlusive is a French feminine noun meaning “plosive, stop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of occlusif. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Type de consonne faisant intervenir un blocage complet de l’écoulement de l’air au niveau de la bouche, du…”.
What does occlusive mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplosive, stop
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of occlusif
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Type de consonne faisant intervenir un blocage complet de l’écoulement de l’air au niveau de la bouche, du pharynx ou de la glotte, et le relâchement soudain de ce blocage.
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 occlusive
- occlusives plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce occlusive?
- /ɔ.kly.ziv/
- \ɔ.kly.ziv\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is occlusive in French?
occlusive appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).