symboliser
French, verb/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.ze/
symboliser is spelled S-Y-M-B-O-L-I-S-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,862nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Symboliser is a French verb meaning “to symbolize (to be symbolic of; to represent)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Représenter par un symbole”.
What does symboliser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to symbolize (to be symbolic of; to represent)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Représenter par un symbole.
verb: 1. Être en accord ; avoir de la conformité. 2. Parler par symboles.
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 symboliser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- symbolisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- symbolisé participle past
- symbolise first-person indicative present
- symbolises indicative present second-person
- symbolisons first-person indicative plural
- symbolisez indicative plural present
- symbolisent indicative plural present
- symbolisais first-person imperfect indicative
- symbolisait imperfect indicative singular
- symbolisions first-person imperfect indicative
- symbolisiez imperfect indicative plural
- symbolisaient imperfect indicative plural
- symbolisai first-person historic indicative
- symbolisas historic indicative past
- symbolisa historic indicative past
- symbolisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce symboliser?
- /sɛ̃.bɔ.li.ze/
- \sɛ̃.bɔ.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 symboliser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is symboliser in French?
symboliser appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).