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abêtifier

French, verb/a.bɛ.ti.fje/

abêtifier is spelled A-B-Ê-T-I-F-I-E-R (9 letters). Abêtifier is a French verb meaning “to make dumb, stupid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre bête”.

What does abêtifier mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to make dumb, stupid

  2. 2

    to become dumb, stupid

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Rendre bête.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of abêtifier

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • abêtifiant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • abêtifié participle past
  • abêtifie first-person indicative present
  • abêtifies indicative present second-person
  • abêtifions first-person indicative plural
  • abêtifiez indicative plural present
  • abêtifient indicative plural present
  • abêtifiais first-person imperfect indicative
  • abêtifiait imperfect indicative singular
  • abêtifiions first-person imperfect indicative
  • abêtifiiez imperfect indicative plural
  • abêtifiaient imperfect indicative plural
  • abêtifiai first-person historic indicative
  • abêtifias historic indicative past
  • abêtifia historic indicative past
  • abêtifiâmes first-person historic indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce abêtifier?

  • /a.bɛ.ti.fje/
  • /a.be.ti.fje/
  • \a.bɛ.ti.fje\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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