rivaliser
French, verb/ʁi.va.li.ze/
rivaliser is spelled R-I-V-A-L-I-S-E-R (9 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rivaliser is a French verb meaning “to compete” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Disputer de talent, de mérite, etc., avec quelqu’un, en approcher, l’égaler”.
What does rivaliser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to compete
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Disputer de talent, de mérite, etc., avec quelqu’un, en approcher, l’égaler.
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 rivaliser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- rivalisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- rivalisé participle past
- rivalise first-person indicative present
- rivalises indicative present second-person
- rivalisons first-person indicative plural
- rivalisez indicative plural present
- rivalisent indicative plural present
- rivalisais first-person imperfect indicative
- rivalisait imperfect indicative singular
- rivalisions first-person imperfect indicative
- rivalisiez imperfect indicative plural
- rivalisaient imperfect indicative plural
- rivalisai first-person historic indicative
- rivalisas historic indicative past
- rivalisa historic indicative past
- rivalisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rivaliser?
- /ʁi.va.li.ze/
- \ʁi.va.li.ze\
- [ʁi.va.li.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 rivaliser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rivaliser in French?
rivaliser appears 3.2 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).