stimuler
French, verb/sti.my.le/
stimuler is spelled S-T-I-M-U-L-E-R (8 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stimuler is a French verb meaning “to stimulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aiguillonner ; exciter”.
What does stimuler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stimulate
Cet acide est reconnu pour stimuler le relâchement de l'insuline par les cellules pancréatiques.
- 2
to whip up
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aiguillonner ; exciter. 2. Exciter ; animer. 3. Relancer
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 stimuler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- stimulant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- stimulé participle past
- stimule first-person indicative present
- stimules indicative present second-person
- stimulons first-person indicative plural
- stimulez indicative plural present
- stimulent indicative plural present
- stimulais first-person imperfect indicative
- stimulait imperfect indicative singular
- stimulions first-person imperfect indicative
- stimuliez imperfect indicative plural
- stimulaient imperfect indicative plural
- stimulai first-person historic indicative
- stimulas historic indicative past
- stimula historic indicative past
- stimulâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stimuler?
- /sti.my.le/
- \sti.my.le\
- [sti.my.le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to stimuler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stimuler in French?
stimuler appears 4.6 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).