radioactif
French
Etymology
Coined by Pierre Curie and Marie Curie in 1898 from radio- + actif.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.djɔ.ak.tif/
Adjective
radioactif (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
Further reading
- “radioactif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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