catéchiser
French, verb/ka.te.ʃi.ze/
catéchiser is spelled C-A-T-É-C-H-I-S-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written French, the 214,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catéchiser is a French verb meaning “to catechise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instruire des principaux points de la religion chrétienne”.
What does catéchiser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to catechise
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Instruire des principaux points de la religion chrétienne. 2. Tâcher de persuader quelque chose à quelqu’un, lui dire toutes les raisons qui peuvent l’engager à faire une chose.
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 catéchiser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- catéchisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- catéchisé participle past
- catéchise first-person indicative present
- catéchises indicative present second-person
- catéchisons first-person indicative plural
- catéchisez indicative plural present
- catéchisent indicative plural present
- catéchisais first-person imperfect indicative
- catéchisait imperfect indicative singular
- catéchisions first-person imperfect indicative
- catéchisiez imperfect indicative plural
- catéchisaient imperfect indicative plural
- catéchisai first-person historic indicative
- catéchisas historic indicative past
- catéchisa historic indicative past
- catéchisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catéchiser?
- /ka.te.ʃi.ze/
- \ka.te.ʃi.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to catéchiser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catéchiser in French?
catéchiser appears about once in every 46 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).