infantilisant
French, adjective/ɛ̃.fɑ̃.ti.li.zɑ̃/
infantilisant is spelled I-N-F-A-N-T-I-L-I-S-A-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 121,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infantilisant is a French adjective meaning “infantilizing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of infantiliser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui confère un caractère infantile, qui rabaisse au niveau social de minorité et de dépendance de l’enfant…”.
What does infantilisant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
infantilizing
verb
- 1
present participle of infantiliser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui confère un caractère infantile, qui rabaisse au niveau social de minorité et de dépendance de l’enfant, ou qui s’adresse à une personne adulte comme si elle était assujettie aux mêmes limitations de compréhension, de maturité et de connaissances qu’une toute jeune personne.
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 infantilisant
- infantilisante feminine
- infantilisants masculine plural
- infantilisantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce infantilisant?
- /ɛ̃.fɑ̃.ti.li.zɑ̃/
- \ɛ̃.fɑ̃.ti.li.zɑ̃\
- [ɛ̃.fɑ̃.ti.li.zɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is infantilisant in French?
infantilisant appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).