stérilisant
French, adjective\ste.ʁi.li.zɑ̃\
stérilisant is spelled S-T-É-R-I-L-I-S-A-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written French, the 172,049th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stérilisant is a French adjective meaning “sterilizing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of stériliser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui rend inapte à la reproduction, à la procréation”.
What does stérilisant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sterilizing
verb
- 1
present participle of stériliser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui rend inapte à la reproduction, à la procréation. 2. Qui détruit les germes pathogènes, les microorganismes. 3. Se dit d'un vaccin qui empêche la contamination et la transmission d'une maladie. 4. Qui inhibe les facultés intellectuelles, les sentiments.
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 stérilisant
- stérilisante feminine
- stérilisants masculine plural
- stérilisantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stérilisant?
- \ste.ʁi.li.zɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is stérilisant in French?
stérilisant appears about once in every 29 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).