satelliser
French, verb/sa.tɛ.li.ze/
satelliser is spelled S-A-T-E-L-L-I-S-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Satelliser is a French verb meaning “to put into orbit (as a satellite)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre un objet en orbite autour d’un astre”.
What does satelliser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put into orbit (as a satellite)
Laïka, la première chienne satellisée par les Soviétiques
- 2
to turn (a state, organization, etc.) into a satellite; bring into its orbit.
les grands États qui cherchent à satelliser les républiques et les principautés voisines
- 3
Canadato tune in to a radio station via satellite radio.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre un objet en orbite autour d’un astre. 2. Devenir le satellite d’un astre. 3. Soumettre à un lien de dépendance, rendre dépendant de soi. 4. Rouler très vite.
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 satelliser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- satellisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- satellisé participle past
- satellise first-person indicative present
- satellises indicative present second-person
- satellisons first-person indicative plural
- satellisez indicative plural present
- satellisent indicative plural present
- satellisais first-person imperfect indicative
- satellisait imperfect indicative singular
- satellisions first-person imperfect indicative
- satellisiez imperfect indicative plural
- satellisaient imperfect indicative plural
- satellisai first-person historic indicative
- satellisas historic indicative past
- satellisa historic indicative past
- satellisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce satelliser?
- /sa.tɛ.li.ze/
- /sa.te.li.ze/
- \sa.tɛ.li.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is satelliser in French?
satelliser appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).