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partitif

French, noun/paʁ.ti.tif/

partitif is spelled P-A-R-T-I-T-I-F (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Partitif is a French masculine noun meaning “partitive, partitive case” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cas grammatical qui exprime la partie d’un tout”.

What does partitif mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    partitive (indicating a part)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepartitive, partitive case

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui désigne, qui exprime, une partie d’un tout.

noun: 1. Cas grammatical qui exprime la partie d’un tout.

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 partitif

  • partitive feminine
  • partitifs masculine plural
  • partitives feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce partitif?

  • /paʁ.ti.tif/
  • \paʁ.ti.ti\
  • \paʁ.ti.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 partitif

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is partitif in French?

partitif appears about once in every 17 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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