parasiter
French, verb/pa.ʁa.zi.te/
parasiter is spelled P-A-R-A-S-I-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 66,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parasiter is a French verb meaning “to parasitize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vivre, se nourrir, se reproduire aux dépens d'autrui”.
What does parasiter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to parasitize
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Vivre, se nourrir, se reproduire aux dépens d'autrui. 2. Perturber, troubler la réception des signaux sonores. 3. Nuire à la sérénité mentale ou psychologique. 4. Attraper des parasites.
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 parasiter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- parasitant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- parasité participle past
- parasite first-person indicative present
- parasites indicative present second-person
- parasitons first-person indicative plural
- parasitez indicative plural present
- parasitent indicative plural present
- parasitais first-person imperfect indicative
- parasitait imperfect indicative singular
- parasitions first-person imperfect indicative
- parasitiez imperfect indicative plural
- parasitaient imperfect indicative plural
- parasitai first-person historic indicative
- parasitas historic indicative past
- parasita historic indicative past
- parasitâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parasiter?
- /pa.ʁa.zi.te/
- \pa.ʁa.zi.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parasiter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parasiter in French?
parasiter appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).