masculiniser
French, verb/mas.ky.li.ni.ze/
masculiniser is spelled M-A-S-C-U-L-I-N-I-S-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Masculiniser is a French verb meaning “to masculinize (make (more) masculine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre du genre masculin”.
What does masculiniser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to masculinize (make (more) masculine)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre du genre masculin. 2. Muter vers sexe masculin. 3. Donner un aspect considéré socialement comme masculin. 4. Prendre un comportement considéré socialement comme masculin.
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 masculiniser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- masculinisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- masculinisé participle past
- masculinise first-person indicative present
- masculinises indicative present second-person
- masculinisons first-person indicative plural
- masculinisez indicative plural present
- masculinisent indicative plural present
- masculinisais first-person imperfect indicative
- masculinisait imperfect indicative singular
- masculinisions first-person imperfect indicative
- masculinisiez imperfect indicative plural
- masculinisaient imperfect indicative plural
- masculinisai first-person historic indicative
- masculinisas historic indicative past
- masculinisa historic indicative past
- masculinisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce masculiniser?
- /mas.ky.li.ni.ze/
- \ma.sky.li.ni.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to masculiniser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is masculiniser in French?
masculiniser appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).