positiver

English

Adjective

positiver

1. (nonstandard) comparative form of positive: more positive

Anagrams

• viritopes

French

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Verb

positiver

1. to think positively; to be optimistic

Conjugation

Conjugation of positiver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	positiver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	positivant /po.zi.ti.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		positivé /po.zi.ti.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	positive /po.zi.tiv/	positives /po.zi.tiv/	positive /po.zi.tiv/	positivons /po.zi.ti.vɔ̃/	positivez /po.zi.ti.ve/	positivent /po.zi.tiv/
	imperfect	positivais /po.zi.ti.vɛ/	positivais /po.zi.ti.vɛ/	positivait /po.zi.ti.vɛ/	positivions /po.zi.ti.vjɔ̃/	positiviez /po.zi.ti.vje/	positivaient /po.zi.ti.vɛ/
	past historic2	positivai /po.zi.ti.ve/	positivas /po.zi.ti.va/	positiva /po.zi.ti.va/	positivâmes /po.zi.ti.vam/	positivâtes /po.zi.ti.vat/	positivèrent /po.zi.ti.vɛʁ/
	future	positiverai /po.zi.ti.vʁe/	positiveras /po.zi.ti.vʁa/	positivera /po.zi.ti.vʁa/	positiverons /po.zi.ti.vʁɔ̃/	positiverez /po.zi.ti.vʁe/	positiveront /po.zi.ti.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	positiverais /po.zi.ti.vʁɛ/	positiverais /po.zi.ti.vʁɛ/	positiverait /po.zi.ti.vʁɛ/	positiverions /po.zi.ti.və.ʁjɔ̃/	positiveriez /po.zi.ti.və.ʁje/	positiveraient /po.zi.ti.vʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	positive /po.zi.tiv/	positives /po.zi.tiv/	positive /po.zi.tiv/	positivions /po.zi.ti.vjɔ̃/	positiviez /po.zi.ti.vje/	positivent /po.zi.tiv/
	imperfect2	positivasse /po.zi.ti.vas/	positivasses /po.zi.ti.vas/	positivât /po.zi.ti.va/	positivassions /po.zi.ti.va.sjɔ̃/	positivassiez /po.zi.ti.va.sje/	positivassent /po.zi.ti.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	positive /po.zi.tiv/	—	positivons /po.zi.ti.vɔ̃/	positivez /po.zi.ti.ve/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• positif
• positivement
• positivité

Further reading

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

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Adjective

positiver

1. comparative degree of positiv

Adjective

positiver

1. inflection of positiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural