activer
French, verb/ak.ti.ve/
activer is spelled A-C-T-I-V-E-R (7 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written French, the 11,729th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Activer is a French verb meaning “to activate (to encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre plus actif, ou plus prompt”.
What does activer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to activate (to encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate)
- 2
to activate (to put a device, mechanism or system into action or motion; to enable)
- 3
to activate (to render radioactive)
- 4
to speed up
- 5
to stoke (e.g. a fire)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre plus actif, ou plus prompt. 2. Mettre en action ; mettre en marche. 3. → voir s’activer
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 activer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- activant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- activé participle past
- active first-person indicative present
- actives indicative present second-person
- activons first-person indicative plural
- activez indicative plural present
- activent indicative plural present
- activais first-person imperfect indicative
- activait imperfect indicative singular
- activions first-person imperfect indicative
- activiez imperfect indicative plural
- activaient imperfect indicative plural
- activai first-person historic indicative
- activas historic indicative past
- activa historic indicative past
- activâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce activer?
- /ak.ti.ve/
- \ak.ti.ve\
- [ak.ti.ve]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to activer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is activer in French?
activer appears 4.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).