terroriser
French, verb/tɛ.ʁɔ.ʁi.ze/
terroriser is spelled T-E-R-R-O-R-I-S-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,202nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terroriser is a French verb meaning “to terrorize, terrify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Frapper de terreur”.
What does terroriser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to terrorize, terrify
Near-synonym: terrifier
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.
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 terroriser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- terrorisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- terrorisé participle past
- terrorise first-person indicative present
- terrorises indicative present second-person
- terrorisons first-person indicative plural
- terrorisez indicative plural present
- terrorisent indicative plural present
- terrorisais first-person imperfect indicative
- terrorisait imperfect indicative singular
- terrorisions first-person imperfect indicative
- terrorisiez imperfect indicative plural
- terrorisaient imperfect indicative plural
- terrorisai first-person historic indicative
- terrorisas historic indicative past
- terrorisa historic indicative past
- terrorisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terroriser?
- /tɛ.ʁɔ.ʁi.ze/
- /te.ʁɔ.ʁi.ze/
- \tɛ.ʁɔ.ʁi.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 terroriser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is terroriser in French?
terroriser 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).