progressif
French, adjective/pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sif/
progressif is spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S-I-F (10 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written French, the 9,981st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Progressif is a French adjective meaning “progressive (gradually advancing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui porte en avant, qui relève du progrès”.
What does progressif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
progressive (gradually advancing)
- 2
obsoleteprogressive, progressionist (supporting social/technological progress)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui porte en avant, qui relève du progrès. 2. Qualifie la marche, le mouvement en avant. 3. Qui s’avance, qui se développe par degrés. 4. Qualifie un impôt dont la proportion s’élève à mesure qu’augmente la grandeur de la chose imposée.
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 progressif
- progressive feminine
- progressifs masculine plural
- progressives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce progressif?
- /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sif/
- /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sif/
- \pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sif\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to progressif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is progressif in French?
progressif appears 5.9 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).