infinitif

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfīnītīvus [modus].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.fi.ni.tif/

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• Rhymes: -if
• Homophone: infinitifs

Adjective

infinitif (feminine infinitive, masculine plural infinitifs, feminine plural infinitives)

1. (grammar) infinitive

   proposition infinitive ― infinitive clause

Noun

infinitif m (plural infinitifs)

1. (grammar) infinitive (uninflected verb form)

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch infinitief (“infinitive”), from Old French infinitif, from Latin īnfīnītīvus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /infiˈnitif/ [in.fiˈni.t̪ɪf]
• Rhymes: -itif
• Syllabification: in‧fi‧ni‧tif

Noun

infinitif (plural infinitif-infinitif)

1. (grammar) infinitive

Related terms

• infinit

Further reading

• “infinitif”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Old French

Noun

infinitif oblique singular, m (oblique plural infinitis, nominative singular infinitis, nominative plural infinitif)

1. (grammar) infinitive

Descendants

• French: infinitif
• Norman: înfinnitif