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populariser

French, verb\pɔ.py.la.ʁi.ze\

populariser is spelled P-O-P-U-L-A-R-I-S-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Populariser is a French verb meaning “to popularize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre populaire, répandre, vulgariser”.

What does populariser mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to popularize

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Rendre populaire, répandre, vulgariser.

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 populariser

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • popularisant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • popularisé participle past
  • popularise first-person indicative present
  • popularises indicative present second-person
  • popularisons first-person indicative plural
  • popularisez indicative plural present
  • popularisent indicative plural present
  • popularisais first-person imperfect indicative
  • popularisait imperfect indicative singular
  • popularisions first-person imperfect indicative
  • popularisiez imperfect indicative plural
  • popularisaient imperfect indicative plural
  • popularisai first-person historic indicative
  • popularisas historic indicative past
  • popularisa historic indicative past
  • popularisâmes first-person historic indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce populariser?

  • \pɔ.py.la.ʁi.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 populariser

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is populariser in French?

populariser 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).

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