légitimer
French, verb\le.ʒi.ti.me\
légitimer is spelled L-É-G-I-T-I-M-E-R (9 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Légitimer is a French verb meaning “to legitimize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre légitime un enfant naturel”.
What does légitimer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to legitimize
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre légitime un enfant naturel. 2. Faire reconnaître pour authentique et juridique. 3. Justifier, rendre excusable.
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 légitimer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- légitimant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- légitimé participle past
- légitime first-person indicative present
- légitimes indicative present second-person
- légitimons first-person indicative plural
- légitimez indicative plural present
- légitiment indicative plural present
- légitimais first-person imperfect indicative
- légitimait imperfect indicative singular
- légitimions first-person imperfect indicative
- légitimiez imperfect indicative plural
- légitimaient imperfect indicative plural
- légitimai first-person historic indicative
- légitimas historic indicative past
- légitima historic indicative past
- légitimâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce légitimer?
- \le.ʒi.ti.me\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is légitimer in French?
légitimer appears 1.7 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).