créative

Créative is the feminine singular form of the French adjective créatif, meaning imaginative or inventive. In French, the masculine form is créatif, and feminine forms include créative and créatives for feminine plural. The adjective is used to describe people, processes, works, or ideas that show originality, novelty, or resourcefulness. Examples: une personne créative, une solution créative, une approche créative.

Étymologie: créative derives from créer (to create), from Latin creare, with the suffix -atif that forms adjectives describing a quality. The related noun is créativité, which designates the capacity for invention or the quality of being creative.

Usage: In arts, design, advertising, education, business, the term frequently collocates with équipe, direction, approche, or pensée. It contrasts with more conventional or utilitarian terms when signaling originality or inventiveness. The feminine form is used with feminine nouns; masculine usage is créatif. The English cognate is creative.

Voir aussi: créativité, créer, créateur, créatrice.