récessif
French, adjective/ʁe.se.sif/
récessif is spelled R-É-C-E-S-S-I-F (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 77,345th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Récessif is a French adjective meaning “recessive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui diminue, qui va en arrière”.
What does récessif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
recessive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui diminue, qui va en arrière. 2. Qualifie un gène qui ne s’exprime pas.
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 récessif
- récessive feminine
- récessifs masculine plural
- récessives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce récessif?
- /ʁe.se.sif/
- \ʁe.se.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 récessif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is récessif in French?
récessif appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).