psychoter
French, verb\psi.kɔ.te\
psychoter is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 122,418th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Psychoter is a French verb meaning “to be paranoid; to overreact” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Agir comme un psychotique, de façon incorrecte et déraisonnable, paniquer”.
What does psychoter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be paranoid; to overreact
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Agir comme un psychotique, de façon incorrecte et déraisonnable, paniquer. 2. S’inquiéter inutilement. 3. Bercer son imagination, dans un instant angoissant.
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 psychoter
- avoir psychoté infinitive past
- en psychotant gerund present
- en ayant psychoté gerund past
- psychotant participle present
- psychoté participle past
- je psychote indicative present
- tu psychotes indicative present
- il/elle/on psychote indicative present
- nous psychotons indicative present
- vous psychotez indicative present
- ils/elles psychotent indicative present
- j’ai psychoté indicative past multiword-construction
- tu as psychoté indicative past multiword-construction
- il/elle/on a psychoté indicative past multiword-construction
- nous avons psychoté indicative past multiword-construction
- vous avez psychoté indicative past multiword-construction
- ils/elles ont psychoté indicative past multiword-construction
- je psychotais indicative imperfect
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce psychoter?
- \psi.kɔ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is psychoter in French?
psychoter appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).