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infinitive meaning in French

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infinitive [infinitives] (uninflected verb form)
noun
[UK: ɪn.ˈfɪ.nə.tɪv]
[US: ˌɪn.ˈfɪ.nə.tɪv]

infinitif◼◼◼nom {m}The Latin verb has six infinitives. = Le verbe latin possède six infinitifs.

bare infinitive (uninflected Germanic verb form without 'to')
noun

infinitif nunom {m}

infinitif zéronom {m}

perfect infinitive (nonfinite word or phrase equivalent to an infinite expressed in the perfect aspect)
noun

infinitif passénom {m}

to-infinitive (uninflected verb form)
noun

infinitif avec tonom {m}

infinitif completnom {m}