sédatif
French, noun/se.da.tif/
sédatif is spelled S-É-D-A-T-I-F (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,211th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sédatif is a French masculine noun meaning “sedative (an agent or drug that sedates)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Substance sédative”.
What does sédatif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sedative
noun
- 1
masculinesedative (an agent or drug that sedates)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui calme la douleur ou l’excitation d’un organe.
noun: 1. Substance sédative.
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 sédatif
- sédative feminine
- sédatifs masculine plural
- sédatives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sédatif?
- /se.da.tif/
- \se.da.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 sédatif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sédatif in French?
sédatif appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).