protagoniser
French, verb/pʁɔ.ta.ɡɔ.ni.ze/
protagoniser is spelled P-R-O-T-A-G-O-N-I-S-E-R (12 letters). Protagoniser is a French verb meaning “to star in; to be the protagonist of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être le protagoniste, d’une œuvre ou d’une situation”.
What does protagoniser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to star in; to be the protagonist of
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Être le protagoniste, d’une œuvre ou d’une situation.
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 protagoniser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- protagonisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- protagonisé participle past
- protagonise first-person indicative present
- protagonises indicative present second-person
- protagonisons first-person indicative plural
- protagonisez indicative plural present
- protagonisent indicative plural present
- protagonisais first-person imperfect indicative
- protagonisait imperfect indicative singular
- protagonisions first-person imperfect indicative
- protagonisiez imperfect indicative plural
- protagonisaient imperfect indicative plural
- protagonisai first-person historic indicative
- protagonisas historic indicative past
- protagonisa historic indicative past
- protagonisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protagoniser?
- /pʁɔ.ta.ɡɔ.ni.ze/
- \pʁɔ.ta.ɡɔ.ni.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 protagoniser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.