opératif
French, adjective/ɔ.pe.ʁa.tif/
opératif is spelled O-P-É-R-A-T-I-F (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opératif is a French adjective meaning “operative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui opère, qui œuvre”.
What does opératif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
operative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui opère, qui œuvre. 2. Qui est la cause d’un acte, d’une opération. 3. Qualifie ceux des franc-maçons qui ont effectivement construit des édifices, de ceux, plus modernes, qui se contentent de pratiquer des rituels et de discuter.
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 opératif
- opérative feminine
- opératifs masculine plural
- opératives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce opératif?
- /ɔ.pe.ʁa.tif/
- \ɔ.pe.ʁa.tif\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to opératif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is opératif in French?
opératif appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).