justifier
French, verb/ʒys.ti.fje/
justifier is spelled J-U-S-T-I-F-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written French, the 3,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Justifier is a French verb meaning “to justify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Montrer la vérité de ce qu’on avance, de ce qu’on allègue”.
What does justifier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to justify
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Montrer la vérité de ce qu’on avance, de ce qu’on allègue. 2. Rendre juste par l’action de la grâce. 3. Montrer, prouver, déclarer que quelqu’un est innocent, qu’il ne mérite pas de châtiment, de blâme. 4. Faire qu’une chose soit juste, légitime.
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 justifier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- justifiant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- justifié participle past
- justifie first-person indicative present
- justifies indicative present second-person
- justifions first-person indicative plural
- justifiez indicative plural present
- justifient indicative plural present
- justifiais first-person imperfect indicative
- justifiait imperfect indicative singular
- justifiions first-person imperfect indicative
- justifiiez imperfect indicative plural
- justifiaient imperfect indicative plural
- justifiai first-person historic indicative
- justifias historic indicative past
- justifia historic indicative past
- justifiâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce justifier?
- /ʒys.ti.fje/
- \ʒys.ti.fje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to justifier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is justifier in French?
justifier appears 22 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).