optimiser
French, verb/ɔp.ti.mi.ze/
optimiser is spelled O-P-T-I-M-I-S-E-R (9 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written French, the 12,122nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Optimiser is a French verb meaning “to optimize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre optimal, atteindre un optimum de production, obtenir le meilleur, selon un ensemble de critères, d'une…”.
What does optimiser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to optimize
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre optimal, atteindre un optimum de production, obtenir le meilleur, selon un ensemble de critères, d'une chose ou d'une situation.
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 optimiser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- optimisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- optimisé participle past
- optimise first-person indicative present
- optimises indicative present second-person
- optimisons first-person indicative plural
- optimisez indicative plural present
- optimisent indicative plural present
- optimisais first-person imperfect indicative
- optimisait imperfect indicative singular
- optimisions first-person imperfect indicative
- optimisiez imperfect indicative plural
- optimisaient imperfect indicative plural
- optimisai first-person historic indicative
- optimisas historic indicative past
- optimisa historic indicative past
- optimisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce optimiser?
- /ɔp.ti.mi.ze/
- \ɔp.ti.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 optimiser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is optimiser in French?
optimiser appears 4.5 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).