récursif
French, adjective/ʁe.kyʁ.sif/
récursif is spelled R-É-C-U-R-S-I-F (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Récursif is a French adjective meaning “recursive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se définit en s’utilisant soi-même, directement ou indirectement”.
What does récursif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
recursive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se définit en s’utilisant soi-même, directement ou indirectement.
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 récursif
- récursive feminine
- récursifs masculine plural
- récursives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce récursif?
- /ʁe.kyʁ.sif/
- \ʁe.kyʁ.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 récursif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is récursif in French?
récursif appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).