paternaliser
French, verb/pa.tɛʁ.na.li.ze/
paternaliser is a French verb meaning “to patronize, to behave in a condescending way to someone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Agir de façon paternelle, paternaliste, envers”.
What does paternaliser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to patronize, to behave in a condescending way to someone.
Il me paternalise au travail.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Agir de façon paternelle, paternaliste, envers.
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 paternaliser
- avoir paternalisé infinitive past
- en paternalisant gerund present
- en ayant paternalisé gerund past
- paternalisant participle present
- paternalisé participle past
- je paternalise indicative present
- tu paternalises indicative present
- il/elle/on paternalise indicative present
- nous paternalisons indicative present
- vous paternalisez indicative present
- ils/elles paternalisent indicative present
- j’ai paternalisé indicative past multiword-construction
- tu as paternalisé indicative past multiword-construction
- il/elle/on a paternalisé indicative past multiword-construction
- nous avons paternalisé indicative past multiword-construction
- vous avez paternalisé indicative past multiword-construction
- ils/elles ont paternalisé indicative past multiword-construction
- je paternalisais indicative imperfect
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paternaliser?
- /pa.tɛʁ.na.li.ze/
- \pa.tɛʁ.na.li.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 paternaliser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.