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transgressif

French, adjective\tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sif\

transgressif is a French adjective meaning “transgressive (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la transgression, qui transgresse, excessif”.

What does transgressif mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    transgressive (all senses)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relatif à la transgression, qui transgresse, excessif. 2. Relatif à la transgression, dû à la transgression. 3. Se dit des eaux chaudes remontant des zones tropicales vers les régions froides. 4. Relatif à la transgression.

noun: 1. Forme particulière de verbe qui exprime une action qui se déroule ou se suit simultanément, fonctionnant comme un adverbe et souvent utilisé dans les langues balto-slaves.

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 transgressif

  • transgressive feminine
  • transgressifs masculine plural
  • transgressives feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce transgressif?

  • \tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.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 transgressif

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is transgressif in French?

transgressif appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).