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collectiviser

French, verb/kɔ.lɛk.ti.vi.ze/

collectiviser is a French verb meaning “to collectivize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soumettre un appareil de production (terres, usines, entreprises, etc.) à un contrôle collectif, généralement…”.

What does collectiviser mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to collectivize

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Soumettre un appareil de production (terres, usines, entreprises, etc.) à un contrôle collectif, généralement celui des employés au sein de coopératives. Il se distingue de « nationaliser » où le contrôle effectif est celui de l'État.

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 collectiviser

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • collectivisant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • collectivisé participle past
  • collectivise first-person indicative present
  • collectivises indicative present second-person
  • collectivisons first-person indicative plural
  • collectivisez indicative plural present
  • collectivisent indicative plural present
  • collectivisais first-person imperfect indicative
  • collectivisait imperfect indicative singular
  • collectivisions first-person imperfect indicative
  • collectivisiez imperfect indicative plural
  • collectivisaient imperfect indicative plural
  • collectivisai first-person historic indicative
  • collectivisas historic indicative past
  • collectivisa historic indicative past
  • collectivisâmes first-person historic indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce collectiviser?

  • /kɔ.lɛk.ti.vi.ze/
  • \kɔ.lɛk.ti.vi.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 collectiviser

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is collectiviser in French?

collectiviser appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).