préciser
French, verb/pʁe.si.ze/
préciser is spelled P-R-É-C-I-S-E-R (8 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,391st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Préciser is a French verb meaning “to specify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fixer, déterminer davantage, voire exactement”.
What does préciser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to specify
- 2
to clarify
- 3
to point out
- 4
to take shape, become clear
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Fixer, déterminer davantage, voire exactement. 2. Devenir plus clair, plus net, plus sûr.
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 préciser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- précisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- précisé participle past
- précise first-person indicative present
- précises indicative present second-person
- précisons first-person indicative plural
- précisez indicative plural present
- précisent indicative plural present
- précisais first-person imperfect indicative
- précisait imperfect indicative singular
- précisions first-person imperfect indicative
- précisiez imperfect indicative plural
- précisaient imperfect indicative plural
- précisai first-person historic indicative
- précisas historic indicative past
- précisa historic indicative past
- précisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce préciser?
- /pʁe.si.ze/
- \pʁe.si.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 préciser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is préciser in French?
préciser appears 23 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).