radioactif
French
editEtymology
editCoined by Pierre Curie and Marie Curie in 1898 from radio- + actif.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editradioactif (feminine radioactive, masculine plural radioactifs, feminine plural radioactives)
- radioactive
- 1898, Pierre Curie and Marie Curie, title of article in Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences t. 127:
- Sur une substance nouvelle radio-active, contenue dans la pechblende
- On a new radioactive substance contained in pitchblende
- 1898, Pierre Curie and Marie Curie, title of article in Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences t. 127:
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “radioactif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.