préservatif
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From préserver (“to preserve”) + -atif (“-ative”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]préservatif (feminine préservative, masculine plural préservatifs, feminine plural préservatives)
- preservative (tending to preserve)
Noun
[edit]préservatif m (plural préservatifs)
- preserver (clarification of this definition is needed)
- condom
- Synonyms: (Central Africa) bottine, capote, capote anglaise, (Quebec) condom
Usage notes
[edit]- As a faux ami, "(food) preservative" in English might be better translated into French as "conservateur (alimentaire)" or "agent de conservation".
Further reading
[edit]- “préservatif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Categories:
- French terms suffixed with -atif
- French 4-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French terms with homophones
- Rhymes:French/if
- Rhymes:French/if/4 syllables
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- French countable nouns
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