actif

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French actif, from Latin āctīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.tif/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Rhymes: -if
• Homophone: actifs

Adjective

actif (feminine active, masculine plural actifs, feminine plural actives)

1. active

   Antonym: inactif

   Coordinate terms: réactif, proactif

2. (grammar) active

   Coordinate terms: passif, moyen

   la voix active ― the active voice

3. working, (relational) work

   la population active ― the working population

   la vie active ― working life

Derived terms

• activement
• activer
• charbon actif
• écoute active
• vocabulaire actif

Related terms

• action
• activité
• agir

Noun

actif m (plural actifs)

1. (accounting) asset

   Coordinate term: passif

2. (grammar) active
3. (gay slang) top

   Antonym: passif

4. (sciences) An active ingredient, in a perfume, experiment, etc.
   • 2016 June 29, “Michele in Wonderland”, in Blogspot‎^[1]:

     Ses actifs permettent de conserver à la peau son élasticité tout en lui rendant un peu de fermeté.

     Its active ingredients maintain the skin's elasticity while rendering it a bit more firm.

Descendants

• → Turkish: aktif

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• faict

Middle English

Adjective

actif

1. Alternative form of actyf

Noun

actif

1. Alternative form of actyf

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin activus.

Adjective

actif m (oblique and nominative feminine singular active)

1. active (involving activity, motion, etc.)