christianiser
French, verb/kʁis.tja.ni.ze/
christianiser is spelled C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N-I-S-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Christianiser is a French verb meaning “to Christianize (to convert to Christianity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre chrétien, convertir à la foi chrétienne”.
What does christianiser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to Christianize (to convert to Christianity)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre chrétien, convertir à la foi chrétienne. 2. Pénétrer d'esprit chrétien. 3. Donner l'apparence chrétienne.
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 christianiser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- christianisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- christianisé participle past
- christianise first-person indicative present
- christianises indicative present second-person
- christianisons first-person indicative plural
- christianisez indicative plural present
- christianisent indicative plural present
- christianisais first-person imperfect indicative
- christianisait imperfect indicative singular
- christianisions first-person imperfect indicative
- christianisiez imperfect indicative plural
- christianisaient imperfect indicative plural
- christianisai first-person historic indicative
- christianisas historic indicative past
- christianisa historic indicative past
- christianisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce christianiser?
- /kʁis.tja.ni.ze/
- \kʁis.tja.ni.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 christianiser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is christianiser in French?
christianiser appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).