pétrifié
French, verb
pétrifié is spelled P-É-T-R-I-F-I-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,397th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pétrifié is a French verb meaning “past participle of pétrifier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pétrifie is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does pétrifié mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of pétrifier
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Transformé en pierre par pétrification. 2. Paralysé par la peur, l'étonnement ou l'admiration.
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 pétrifié
- pétrifiée feminine
- pétrifiés masculine plural
- pétrifiées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is pétrifié in French?
pétrifié appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).