familiariser
French, verb/fa.mi.lja.ʁi.ze/
familiariser is spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-A-R-I-S-E-R (12 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Familiariser is a French verb meaning “to familiarize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre familier avec quelqu’un ou avec quelque chose”.
What does familiariser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to familiarize
- 2
to familiarize, to accustom, to acquaint oneself
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre familier avec quelqu’un ou avec quelque chose. 2. Parvenir à comprendre, à saisir l'esprit et la lettre. 3. Prendre des manières trop familières.
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 familiariser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- familiarisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- familiarisé participle past
- familiarise first-person indicative present
- familiarises indicative present second-person
- familiarisons first-person indicative plural
- familiarisez indicative plural present
- familiarisent indicative plural present
- familiarisais first-person imperfect indicative
- familiarisait imperfect indicative singular
- familiarisions first-person imperfect indicative
- familiarisiez imperfect indicative plural
- familiarisaient imperfect indicative plural
- familiarisai first-person historic indicative
- familiarisas historic indicative past
- familiarisa historic indicative past
- familiarisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce familiariser?
- /fa.mi.lja.ʁi.ze/
- \fa.mi.lja.ʁi.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to familiariser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is familiariser in French?
familiariser appears 1.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).