différentier
French, verb/di.fe.ʁɑ̃.sje/
différentier is spelled D-I-F-F-É-R-E-N-T-I-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Différentier is a French verb meaning “alternative form of différencier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Calculer la différentielle ou la dérivée d’une fonction”.
What does différentier mean in English?
verb
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alternative form of différencier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Calculer la différentielle ou la dérivée d’une fonction. 2. Variante orthographique de différencier.
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 différentier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- différentiant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- différentié participle past
- différentie first-person indicative present
- différenties indicative present second-person
- différentions first-person indicative plural
- différentiez indicative plural present
- différentient indicative plural present
- différentiais first-person imperfect indicative
- différentiait imperfect indicative singular
- différentiions first-person imperfect indicative
- différentiiez imperfect indicative plural
- différentiaient imperfect indicative plural
- différentiai first-person historic indicative
- différentias historic indicative past
- différentia historic indicative past
- différentiâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce différentier?
- /di.fe.ʁɑ̃.sje/
- \di.fe.ʁɑ̃.sje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is différentier in French?
différentier appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).