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productif

productive

adjective pro-duk-TEEF Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Usage Note

Productif has feminine form productive and is used both in economic contexts (une journée productive) and biological ones (un sol productif — 'a productive soil'). The related noun is productivité ('productivity'), central to business and workplace French. A common collocate is rendre quelque chose productif ('to make something productive').

Examples

"Cette réunion a été très productive."

Natural Translation

This meeting was very productive.

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