infinitif
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnfīnītīvus [modus].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.fi.ni.tif/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -if
- Homophone: infinitifs
Adjective
infinitif (feminine infinitive, masculine plural infinitifs, feminine plural infinitives)
- (grammar) infinitive
- Proposition infinitive.
Noun
infinitif m (plural infinitifs)
- (grammar) infinitive (uninflected verb form)
Further reading
- “infinitif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Noun
infinitif m (oblique plural infinitis, nominative singular infinitis, nominative plural infinitif)
- (grammar) infinitive
Descendants
- French: infinitif
- Norman: înfinnitif