courtiser
French, verb/kuʁ.ti.ze/
courtiser is spelled C-O-U-R-T-I-S-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,202nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Courtiser is a French verb meaning “to court; to woo (to endeavor to gain someone's affection)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire sa cour à quelqu’un dans l’espérance d’en obtenir quelque chose”.
What does courtiser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to court; to woo (to endeavor to gain someone's affection)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire sa cour à quelqu’un dans l’espérance d’en obtenir quelque chose. 2. Être assidu auprès d’une femme ou d’une jeune fille ; chercher à lui plaire.
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 courtiser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- courtisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- courtisé participle past
- courtise first-person indicative present
- courtises indicative present second-person
- courtisons first-person indicative plural
- courtisez indicative plural present
- courtisent indicative plural present
- courtisais first-person imperfect indicative
- courtisait imperfect indicative singular
- courtisions first-person imperfect indicative
- courtisiez imperfect indicative plural
- courtisaient imperfect indicative plural
- courtisai first-person historic indicative
- courtisas historic indicative past
- courtisa historic indicative past
- courtisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce courtiser?
- /kuʁ.ti.ze/
- \kuʁ.ti.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 courtiser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is courtiser in French?
courtiser appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).