préventif
French, adjective/pʁe.vɑ̃.tif/
préventif is spelled P-R-É-V-E-N-T-I-F (9 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Préventif is a French adjective meaning “preventive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui prévient, qui tend à empêcher quelque chose de fâcheux”.
What does préventif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
preventive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui prévient, qui tend à empêcher quelque chose de fâcheux.
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 préventif
- préventive feminine
- préventifs masculine plural
- préventives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce préventif?
- /pʁe.vɑ̃.tif/
- \pʁe.vɑ̃.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 préventif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is préventif in French?
préventif appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).