French word

fictif

Pronunciation

IPA/fiktif/

Meaning

  • adjectivefictional

Example

Cet auteur a créé un personnage fictif.

This author created a fictional character.

Illustration for fictif (fictional)

More examples

Ils ont utilisé un nom fictif pour s'inscrire.

They used a fictitious name to register.

Core concept

A person, object, or situation formed in imagination rather than existing as a concrete fact.

Common phrases

  • nom fictif

    fictitious name

  • personnage fictif

    fictional character

  • compte fictif

    fictitious account

Similar words

imaginaire: Created by imagination or fantasy rather than based on something real.
inventé: Made up by someone, such as a story or name, rather than based on fact.
faux: Not genuine or authentic.
irréel: Lacking a sense of reality or seeming unlike the real world.

Definition in French

Qui appartient au domaine de l'imagination ou de la fiction plutôt qu'à la réalité concrète.

Word origin

French fictif comes from Latin fictivus, built on fictus, the past participle of fingere, meaning to shape or invent.

Usage tips

  • Fictif agrees in gender and number, with feminine fictive and plural fictifs or fictives.

Other meanings

  • imaginaryadjective

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