French word

tardif

Pronunciation

IPA/taʁdif/

Meaning

  • adjectivelate

Example

Excusez-moi pour ma réponse tardive.

I'm sorry for my late reply.

Illustration for tardif (late)

More examples

Son paiement tardif a entraîné des frais.

His late payment resulted in fees.

Core concept

A person, event, or development appearing after its expected time.

Common phrases

  • réponse tardive

    late response

  • arrivée tardive

    late arrival

  • paiement tardif

    late payment

Similar words

retardé: Delayed beyond the scheduled or expected time.
retardataire: Arriving late for meetings or appointments, often habitually.
ultérieur: Occurring at a later point in time.

Definition in French

Décrit quelque chose ou quelqu'un qui survient, naît ou se manifeste plus tard que prévu.

Word origin

French tardif comes from Latin tardivus, formed from tardus, meaning 'slow' or 'late', and retains the sense of something occurring late.

Usage tips

  • Tardif agrees with the noun: tardif, tardive, tardifs, and tardives.

Other meanings

  • delayedadjective

Opposites

Related words

  • tardivementlateadverb

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