lexicaliser
French, verb/lɛk.si.ka.li.ze/
lexicaliser is spelled L-E-X-I-C-A-L-I-S-E-R (11 letters). Lexicaliser is a French verb meaning “lexicalize (to convert to a single lexical unit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Officialiser comme un mot autonome un néologisme dérivé ou composé à partir d'un mot déjà existant”.
What does lexicaliser mean in English?
verb
- 1
lexicalize (to convert to a single lexical unit)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Officialiser comme un mot autonome un néologisme dérivé ou composé à partir d'un mot déjà existant.
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 lexicaliser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- lexicalisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- lexicalisé participle past
- lexicalise first-person indicative present
- lexicalises indicative present second-person
- lexicalisons first-person indicative plural
- lexicalisez indicative plural present
- lexicalisent indicative plural present
- lexicalisais first-person imperfect indicative
- lexicalisait imperfect indicative singular
- lexicalisions first-person imperfect indicative
- lexicalisiez imperfect indicative plural
- lexicalisaient imperfect indicative plural
- lexicalisai first-person historic indicative
- lexicalisas historic indicative past
- lexicalisa historic indicative past
- lexicalisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lexicaliser?
- /lɛk.si.ka.li.ze/
- \lɛk.si.ka.li.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.