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idolâtrer

French, verb/i.dɔ.la.tʁe/

idolâtrer is a French verb meaning “to idolize; to worship (treat as an idol)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aimer avec excès quelqu’un ou quelque chose”.

What does idolâtrer mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to idolize; to worship (treat as an idol)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Aimer avec excès quelqu’un ou quelque chose.

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 idolâtrer

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • idolâtrant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • idolâtré participle past
  • idolâtre first-person indicative present
  • idolâtres indicative present second-person
  • idolâtrons first-person indicative plural
  • idolâtrez indicative plural present
  • idolâtrent indicative plural present
  • idolâtrais first-person imperfect indicative
  • idolâtrait imperfect indicative singular
  • idolâtrions first-person imperfect indicative
  • idolâtriez imperfect indicative plural
  • idolâtraient imperfect indicative plural
  • idolâtrai first-person historic indicative
  • idolâtras historic indicative past
  • idolâtra historic indicative past
  • idolâtrâmes first-person historic indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce idolâtrer?

  • /i.dɔ.la.tʁe/
  • /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁe/
  • \i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁe\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to idolâtrer

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is idolâtrer in French?

idolâtrer appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).