pontifier
French, verb/pɔ̃.ti.fje/
pontifier is spelled P-O-N-T-I-F-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pontifier is a French verb meaning “to pontificate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Officier pontificalement”.
What does pontifier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pontificate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Officier pontificalement. 2. Avoir dans ses paroles, dans son ton, dans ses gestes un air solennel et important. 3. Nommer pontife.
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 pontifier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- pontifiant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- pontifié participle past
- pontifie first-person indicative present
- pontifies indicative present second-person
- pontifions first-person indicative plural
- pontifiez indicative plural present
- pontifient indicative plural present
- pontifiais first-person imperfect indicative
- pontifiait imperfect indicative singular
- pontifiions first-person imperfect indicative
- pontifiiez imperfect indicative plural
- pontifiaient imperfect indicative plural
- pontifiai first-person historic indicative
- pontifias historic indicative past
- pontifia historic indicative past
- pontifiâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pontifier?
- /pɔ̃.ti.fje/
- \pɔ̃.ti.fje\
- \pɔ̃.si.fje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pontifier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pontifier in French?
pontifier appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).