dévitaliser
French, verb/de.vi.ta.li.ze/
dévitaliser is spelled D-É-V-I-T-A-L-I-S-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written French, the 216,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dévitaliser is a French verb meaning “to devitalize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Priver quelqu’un ou quelque chose de sa vitalité”.
What does dévitaliser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to devitalize
- 2
to perform root canal surgery
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Priver quelqu’un ou quelque chose de sa vitalité. 2. Enlever la pulpe dentaire afin de prévenir une infection bactérienne.
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 dévitaliser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- dévitalisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- dévitalisé participle past
- dévitalise first-person indicative present
- dévitalises indicative present second-person
- dévitalisons first-person indicative plural
- dévitalisez indicative plural present
- dévitalisent indicative plural present
- dévitalisais first-person imperfect indicative
- dévitalisait imperfect indicative singular
- dévitalisions first-person imperfect indicative
- dévitalisiez imperfect indicative plural
- dévitalisaient imperfect indicative plural
- dévitalisai first-person historic indicative
- dévitalisas historic indicative past
- dévitalisa historic indicative past
- dévitalisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dévitaliser?
- /de.vi.ta.li.ze/
- \de.vi.ta.li.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dévitaliser in French?
dévitaliser appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).