crucifier
French, verb/kʁy.si.fje/
crucifier is spelled C-R-U-C-I-F-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crucifier is a French verb meaning “to crucify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre en croix pour faire mourir”.
What does crucifier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crucify
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre en croix pour faire mourir. 2. Imposer des actes de mortification en vue de se purifier de ses péchés. 3. Vouer aux gémonies, chercher à démolir publiquement. 4. Tirer de telle manière que le gardien de but ne peut réagir pour arrêter le ballon et empêcher le but.
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 crucifier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- crucifiant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- crucifié participle past
- crucifie first-person indicative present
- crucifies indicative present second-person
- crucifions first-person indicative plural
- crucifiez indicative plural present
- crucifient indicative plural present
- crucifiais first-person imperfect indicative
- crucifiait imperfect indicative singular
- crucifiions first-person imperfect indicative
- crucifiiez imperfect indicative plural
- crucifiaient imperfect indicative plural
- crucifiai first-person historic indicative
- crucifias historic indicative past
- crucifia historic indicative past
- crucifiâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crucifier?
- /kʁy.si.fje/
- \kʁy.si.fje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crucifier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crucifier in French?
crucifier appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).