ratifier
French, verb/ʁa.ti.fje/
ratifier is spelled R-A-T-I-F-I-E-R (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ratifier is a French verb meaning “to ratify (give formal consent to)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Approuver, confirmer dans la forme requise ce qui a été fait ou promis”.
What does ratifier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ratify (give formal consent to)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Approuver, confirmer dans la forme requise ce qui a été fait ou promis.
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 ratifier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- ratifiant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- ratifié participle past
- ratifie first-person indicative present
- ratifies indicative present second-person
- ratifions first-person indicative plural
- ratifiez indicative plural present
- ratifient indicative plural present
- ratifiais first-person imperfect indicative
- ratifiait imperfect indicative singular
- ratifiions first-person imperfect indicative
- ratifiiez imperfect indicative plural
- ratifiaient imperfect indicative plural
- ratifiai first-person historic indicative
- ratifias historic indicative past
- ratifia historic indicative past
- ratifiâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ratifier?
- /ʁa.ti.fje/
- \ʁa.ti.fje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ratifier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ratifier in French?
ratifier appears 1.0 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).