substantif
French, noun/syp.stɑ̃.tif/
substantif is spelled S-U-B-S-T-A-N-T-I-F (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,862nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Substantif is a French masculine noun meaning “substantive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mot qui, seul et sans le secours d’aucun autre, désigne l’être, la chose qui est l’objet de la pensée”.
What does substantif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
substantive
noun
- 1
masculinesubstantive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui exprime la substance, substantiel. 2. Qui est relatif au nom ; qui est de la nature du nom ; nominal. 3. Qualifie des matières colorantes qui teintent directement certaines fibres sans l’opération du mordançage.
noun: 1. Mot qui, seul et sans le secours d’aucun autre, désigne l’être, la chose qui est l’objet de la pensée.
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 substantif
- substantive feminine
- substantifs masculine plural
- substantives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce substantif?
- /syp.stɑ̃.tif/
- \syp.stɑ̃.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 substantif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is substantif in French?
substantif appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).