captif

Borrowed from Latin captīvus. Cf. the inherited doublet chétif.

• IPA^(key): /kap.tif/

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captif (feminine singular captive, masculine plural captifs, feminine plural captives)

1. captive

captif m (plural captifs, feminine captive)

1. captive

• “captif” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• captyf, captyfe, captive

Probably from Middle French; definitely then from Latin captīvus. Doublet of caitif.

• IPA^(key): /kapˈtiːf/, /ˈkaptif/, /kapˈtiːv(ə)/, /ˈkaptiv(ə)/

captif

1. A captive or hostage.

• captivite

• English: captive

• “captī̆f (n. & adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

captif

1. Held captive; in slavery.

• English: captive

• “captī̆f (n. & adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.