résistif
French, adjective/ʁe.zis.tif/
résistif is spelled R-É-S-I-S-T-I-F (8 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Résistif is a French adjective meaning “resistive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se dit de ce qui a trait à la capacité de résistance”.
What does résistif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
resistive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit de ce qui a trait à la capacité de résistance.
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 résistif
- résistive feminine
- résistifs masculine plural
- résistives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce résistif?
- /ʁe.zis.tif/
- \ʁe.zis.tif\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is résistif in French?
résistif appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).