terrifier
French, verb/tɛ.ʁi.fje/
terrifier is spelled T-E-R-R-I-F-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 89,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terrifier is a French verb meaning “to terrify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Frapper de terreur ; épouvanter”.
What does terrifier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to terrify
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Frapper de terreur ; épouvanter.
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 terrifier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- terrifiant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- terrifié participle past
- terrifie first-person indicative present
- terrifies indicative present second-person
- terrifions first-person indicative plural
- terrifiez indicative plural present
- terrifient indicative plural present
- terrifiais first-person imperfect indicative
- terrifiait imperfect indicative singular
- terrifiions first-person imperfect indicative
- terrifiiez imperfect indicative plural
- terrifiaient imperfect indicative plural
- terrifiai first-person historic indicative
- terrifias historic indicative past
- terrifia historic indicative past
- terrifiâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terrifier?
- /tɛ.ʁi.fje/
- /te.ʁi.fje/
- \tɛ.ʁi.fje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to terrifier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is terrifier in French?
terrifier appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).