bêtiser
French, verb/bɛ.ti.ze/
bêtiser is spelled B-Ê-T-I-S-E-R (7 letters). Bêtiser is a French verb meaning “to talk nonsense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dire des bêtises, des plaisanteries”.
What does bêtiser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to talk nonsense
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dire des bêtises, des plaisanteries. 2. Badiner.
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 bêtiser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- bêtisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- bêtisé participle past
- bêtise first-person indicative present
- bêtises indicative present second-person
- bêtisons first-person indicative plural
- bêtisez indicative plural present
- bêtisent indicative plural present
- bêtisais first-person imperfect indicative
- bêtisait imperfect indicative singular
- bêtisions first-person imperfect indicative
- bêtisiez imperfect indicative plural
- bêtisaient imperfect indicative plural
- bêtisai first-person historic indicative
- bêtisas historic indicative past
- bêtisa historic indicative past
- bêtisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bêtiser?
- /bɛ.ti.ze/
- /be.ti.ze/
- \be.ti.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.