pensif
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French pensif, from penser (“to think”), semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin pēnsō.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
pensif (feminine pensive, masculine plural pensifs, feminine plural pensives)
Further reading edit
- “pensif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Adjective edit
pensif m (feminine singular pensifve, masculine plural pensifs, feminine plural pensifves)
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From penser + -if, from Late Latin pēnsō (“to think”); first attested 1268.
Adjective edit
pensif m (oblique and nominative feminine singular pensive)