domestiquer
French, verb/dɔ.mɛs.ti.ke/
domestiquer is a French verb meaning “to tame (an animal, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre domestique un animal sauvage”.
What does domestiquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tame (an animal, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre domestique un animal sauvage. 2. En parlant des hommes, asservir, priver de l’indépendance. 3. Rendre utilisable par l’homme.
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 domestiquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- domestiquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- domestiqué participle past
- domestique first-person indicative present
- domestiques indicative present second-person
- domestiquons first-person indicative plural
- domestiquez indicative plural present
- domestiquent indicative plural present
- domestiquais first-person imperfect indicative
- domestiquait imperfect indicative singular
- domestiquions first-person imperfect indicative
- domestiquiez imperfect indicative plural
- domestiquaient imperfect indicative plural
- domestiquai first-person historic indicative
- domestiquas historic indicative past
- domestiqua historic indicative past
- domestiquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce domestiquer?
- /dɔ.mɛs.ti.ke/
- \dɔ.mɛs.ti.ke\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to domestiquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is domestiquer in French?
domestiquer 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).