minimiser
French, verb/mi.ni.mi.ze/
minimiser is spelled M-I-N-I-M-I-S-E-R (9 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written French, the 12,736th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minimiser is a French verb meaning “To lessen the importance of in the mind of people; to belittle, downplay, understate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre minimal. Donner à une quantité sa valeur minimale, « réduire au minimum »”.
What does minimiser mean in English?
verb
- 1
To lessen the importance of in the mind of people; to belittle, downplay, understate.
Near-synonym: relativiser
- 2
proscribedTo reduce the effect of; to minimize.
- 3
informalTo minimize the file size or dimension of.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre minimal. Donner à une quantité sa valeur minimale, « réduire au minimum ».
verb: 1. Essayer de faire passer pour moindre, sous-estimer.
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 minimiser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- minimisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- minimisé participle past
- minimise first-person indicative present
- minimises indicative present second-person
- minimisons first-person indicative plural
- minimisez indicative plural present
- minimisent indicative plural present
- minimisais first-person imperfect indicative
- minimisait imperfect indicative singular
- minimisions first-person imperfect indicative
- minimisiez imperfect indicative plural
- minimisaient imperfect indicative plural
- minimisai first-person historic indicative
- minimisas historic indicative past
- minimisa historic indicative past
- minimisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minimiser?
- /mi.ni.mi.ze/
- \mi.ni.mi.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 minimiser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minimiser in French?
minimiser appears 4.2 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).