merceriser
French, verb/mɛʁ.sə.ʁi.ze/
merceriser is spelled M-E-R-C-E-R-I-S-E-R (10 letters). Merceriser is a French verb meaning “to mercerise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Traiter à la soude caustique un fil ou une étoffe de coton afin de lui donner un aspect brillant soyeux et…”.
What does merceriser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mercerise
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Traiter à la soude caustique un fil ou une étoffe de coton afin de lui donner un aspect brillant soyeux et d'en améliorer l'affinité tinctoriale ; pratiquer le mercerisage, la mercerisation.
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 merceriser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- mercerisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- mercerisé participle past
- mercerise first-person indicative present
- mercerises indicative present second-person
- mercerisons first-person indicative plural
- mercerisez indicative plural present
- mercerisent indicative plural present
- mercerisais first-person imperfect indicative
- mercerisait imperfect indicative singular
- mercerisions first-person imperfect indicative
- mercerisiez imperfect indicative plural
- mercerisaient imperfect indicative plural
- mercerisai first-person historic indicative
- mercerisas historic indicative past
- mercerisa historic indicative past
- mercerisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce merceriser?
- /mɛʁ.sə.ʁi.ze/
- \mɛʁ.sə.ʁi.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.