culminer
French, verb/kyl.mi.ne/
culminer is spelled C-U-L-M-I-N-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 76,422nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Culminer is a French verb meaning “to culminate (to come to an end)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Atteindre, en parlant d’un astre, sa plus grande hauteur en passant au méridien”.
What does culminer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to culminate (to come to an end)
Le film culmine sur son meurtre.
- 2
to culminate; reach the highest point
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Atteindre, en parlant d’un astre, sa plus grande hauteur en passant au méridien. 2. Être à son point culminant. 3. Atteindre un maximum.
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 culminer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- culminant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- culminé participle past
- culmine first-person indicative present
- culmines indicative present second-person
- culminons first-person indicative plural
- culminez indicative plural present
- culminent indicative plural present
- culminais first-person imperfect indicative
- culminait imperfect indicative singular
- culminions first-person imperfect indicative
- culminiez imperfect indicative plural
- culminaient imperfect indicative plural
- culminai first-person historic indicative
- culminas historic indicative past
- culmina historic indicative past
- culminâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce culminer?
- /kyl.mi.ne/
- \kyl.mi.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to culminer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is culminer in French?
culminer appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).