No. 8,911 in French
captifs
Captifs: Captives or prisoners.
In a sentence
Les lions captifs dans le zoo attirent beaucoup de visiteurs.
The captive lions in the zoo attract many visitors.
In this sentence, 'captifs' is used as an adjective describing the lions that are in captivity.
Les captifs furent enfin libérés après des années de souffrance.
The captives were finally freed after years of suffering.
Here, 'captifs' functions as a noun referring to individuals who were held captive.
Elle chantait comme si son esprit captif cherchait désespérément à s'évader.
She sang as if her captive spirit was desperately seeking to escape.
In this context, 'captif' is metaphorically used as an adjective describing the spirit being held or constrained.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “captifs” in actual French podcasts.
Find “captifs” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays French podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.
Get the appFrench books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).