civilisateur
French, adjective/si.vi.li.za.tœʁ/
civilisateur is spelled C-I-V-I-L-I-S-A-T-E-U-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Civilisateur is a French adjective meaning “civilizing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui civilise, qui répand la civilisation”.
What does civilisateur mean in English?
adjective
- 1
civilizing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui civilise, qui répand la civilisation.
noun: 1. Celui qui apporte la civilisation.
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 civilisateur
- civilisatrice feminine
- civilisateurs masculine plural
- civilisatrices feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce civilisateur?
- /si.vi.li.za.tœʁ/
- \si.vi.li.za.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is civilisateur in French?
civilisateur appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).