fictif

French

Etymology

Formed from the root of Latin fictus (past participle of fingō), and the suffix -if.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fik.tif/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Adjective

fictif (feminine fictive, masculine plural fictifs, feminine plural fictives)

1. fictional

   Synonym: imaginaire

   Antonym: réel

Related terms

• feindre
• fiction

Descendants

Descendants

• → Danish: fiktiv
• → Dutch: fictief
• → English: fictive
• → German: fiktiv
  • ⇒ Czech: fiktivní
  • ⇒ Russian: фикти́вный (fiktívnyj)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: фіктивний (fiktyvnyj)
• → Norwegian: fiktiv
• → Romanian: fictiv
• → Swedish: fiktiv

Further reading

• “fictif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012