pétiller
French, verb/pe.ti.je/
pétiller is a French verb meaning “to fizz, to be fizzy, bubble, bubble up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Éclater avec un petit bruit réitéré et en sautant”.
What does pétiller mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fizz, to be fizzy, bubble, bubble up
- 2
to crackle
- 3
to sparkle, twinkle, flutter
Son sourire fit pétiller les yeux de son amant.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Éclater avec un petit bruit réitéré et en sautant. 2. Jeter une sorte d’éclat en faisant un léger bruit. 3. Être vif et étincelant. 4. Manifester de l’ardeur, l’impatience, de la joie, etc.
verb: 1. Orthographe ancienne de pétiller.
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 pétiller
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- pétillant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- pétillé participle past
- pétille first-person indicative present
- pétilles indicative present second-person
- pétillons first-person indicative plural
- pétillez indicative plural present
- pétillent indicative plural present
- pétillais first-person imperfect indicative
- pétillait imperfect indicative singular
- pétillions first-person imperfect indicative
- pétilliez imperfect indicative plural
- pétillaient imperfect indicative plural
- pétillai first-person historic indicative
- pétillas historic indicative past
- pétilla historic indicative past
- pétillâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pétiller?
- /pe.ti.je/
- \pe.ti.je\
- [pe.ti.je]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pétiller
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pétiller in French?
pétiller appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).