laconiser
French, verb/la.kɔ.ni.ze/
laconiser is spelled L-A-C-O-N-I-S-E-R (9 letters). Laconiser is a French verb meaning “to laconize; speak in a laconic, brief, or terse manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Imiter les habitudes des Lacédémoniens, c’est-à-dire parler d’une manière concise, à l’image du peuple…”.
What does laconiser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to laconize; speak in a laconic, brief, or terse manner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Imiter les habitudes des Lacédémoniens, c’est-à-dire parler d’une manière concise, à l’image du peuple Spartiate dans la Grèce antique dont c’était la réputation.
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 laconiser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- laconisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- laconisé participle past
- laconise first-person indicative present
- laconises indicative present second-person
- laconisons first-person indicative plural
- laconisez indicative plural present
- laconisent indicative plural present
- laconisais first-person imperfect indicative
- laconisait imperfect indicative singular
- laconisions first-person imperfect indicative
- laconisiez imperfect indicative plural
- laconisaient imperfect indicative plural
- laconisai first-person historic indicative
- laconisas historic indicative past
- laconisa historic indicative past
- laconisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laconiser?
- /la.kɔ.ni.ze/
- \la.kɔ.ni.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.