helvétiser
French, verb/ɛl.ve.ti.ze/
helvétiser is spelled H-E-L-V-É-T-I-S-E-R (10 letters). Helvétiser is a French verb meaning “to Helvetize or Helveticize, to make Swiss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire devenir plus helvétique”.
What does helvétiser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to Helvetize or Helveticize, to make Swiss
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire devenir plus helvétique.
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 helvétiser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- helvétisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- helvétisé participle past
- helvétise first-person indicative present
- helvétises indicative present second-person
- helvétisons first-person indicative plural
- helvétisez indicative plural present
- helvétisent indicative plural present
- helvétisais first-person imperfect indicative
- helvétisait imperfect indicative singular
- helvétisions first-person imperfect indicative
- helvétisiez imperfect indicative plural
- helvétisaient imperfect indicative plural
- helvétisai first-person historic indicative
- helvétisas historic indicative past
- helvétisa historic indicative past
- helvétisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce helvétiser?
- /ɛl.ve.ti.ze/
- ^((h muet))\ɛl.ve.ti.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.