positif

French

Etymology

From Latin positīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.zi.tif/

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Adjective

positif (feminine positive, masculine plural positifs, feminine plural positives)

1. positive (characteristic)
2. (number) positive or zero. nonnegative.
3. positive (for e.g. a drug test)

Antonyms

• négatif

Derived terms

• séropositif
• strictement positif

Noun

positif m (plural positifs)

1. positive, something positive
2. (physics) positive (electrical polarity)
3. (linguistics) positive form

Further reading

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