privatif
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privatif is a French adjective meaning “privative (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui marque l’absence, la privation d’une chose”.
What does privatif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
privative (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui marque l’absence, la privation d’une chose. 2. Qui accorde une faculté, un usage, un droit à une personne, à l’exclusion des autres. 3. Qui entraîne ou se caractérise par la privation de.
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 privatif
- privative feminine
- privatifs masculine plural
- privatives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce privatif?
- /pʁi.va.tif/
- \pʁi.va.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 privatif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is privatif in French?
privatif appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).