centrifuger
French, verb/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒe/
centrifuger is spelled C-E-N-T-R-I-F-U-G-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centrifuger is a French verb meaning “to centrifuge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Éloigner du centre, usuellement par une rotation rapide qui sépare, dans un liquide, les éléments en fonction…”.
What does centrifuger mean in English?
verb
- 1
to centrifuge
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Éloigner du centre, usuellement par une rotation rapide qui sépare, dans un liquide, les éléments en fonction de leurs différentes densités.
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 centrifuger
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- centrifugeant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- centrifugé participle past
- centrifuge first-person indicative present
- centrifuges indicative present second-person
- centrifugeons first-person indicative plural
- centrifugez indicative plural present
- centrifugent indicative plural present
- centrifugeais first-person imperfect indicative
- centrifugeait imperfect indicative singular
- centrifugions first-person imperfect indicative
- centrifugiez imperfect indicative plural
- centrifugeaient imperfect indicative plural
- centrifugeai first-person historic indicative
- centrifugeas historic indicative past
- centrifugea historic indicative past
- centrifugeâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce centrifuger?
- /sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒe/
- \sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to centrifuger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is centrifuger in French?
centrifuger appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).