problématiser
French, verb/pʁɔ.ble.ma.ti.ze/
problématiser is spelled P-R-O-B-L-É-M-A-T-I-S-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Problématiser is a French verb meaning “to problematize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poser une problématique, analyser en tant que problème”.
What does problématiser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to problematize
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poser une problématique, analyser en tant que problème.
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 problématiser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- problématisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- problématisé participle past
- problématise first-person indicative present
- problématises indicative present second-person
- problématisons first-person indicative plural
- problématisez indicative plural present
- problématisent indicative plural present
- problématisais first-person imperfect indicative
- problématisait imperfect indicative singular
- problématisions first-person imperfect indicative
- problématisiez imperfect indicative plural
- problématisaient imperfect indicative plural
- problématisai first-person historic indicative
- problématisas historic indicative past
- problématisa historic indicative past
- problématisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce problématiser?
- /pʁɔ.ble.ma.ti.ze/
- \pʁo.ble.ma.ti.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 problématiser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is problématiser in French?
problématiser appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).