magnétiser
French, verb/ma.ɲe.ti.ze/
magnétiser is spelled M-A-G-N-É-T-I-S-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Magnétiser is a French verb meaning “to magnetise (UK), to magnetize (US)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Employer sur une personne les procédés indiqués par les adeptes de la doctrine appelée magnétisme”.
What does magnétiser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to magnetise (UK), to magnetize (US)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Employer sur une personne les procédés indiqués par les adeptes de la doctrine appelée magnétisme. 2. Transmettre des propriétés magnétiques à un objet. 3. Produire, avoir une forte attraction sur des personnes.
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 magnétiser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- magnétisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- magnétisé participle past
- magnétise first-person indicative present
- magnétises indicative present second-person
- magnétisons first-person indicative plural
- magnétisez indicative plural present
- magnétisent indicative plural present
- magnétisais first-person imperfect indicative
- magnétisait imperfect indicative singular
- magnétisions first-person imperfect indicative
- magnétisiez imperfect indicative plural
- magnétisaient imperfect indicative plural
- magnétisai first-person historic indicative
- magnétisas historic indicative past
- magnétisa historic indicative past
- magnétisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce magnétiser?
- /ma.ɲe.ti.ze/
- \ma.ɲe.ti.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is magnétiser in French?
magnétiser appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).