descriptif

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēscriptīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛs.kʁip.tif/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Adjective

descriptif (feminine descriptive, masculine plural descriptifs, feminine plural descriptives)

1. descriptive
2. (linguistics) descriptive

   Antonyms: normatif, prescriptif

Related terms

• décrire
• description

Further reading

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