traiter
French, verb/tʁɛ.te/
traiter is spelled T-R-A-I-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written French, the 2,320th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Traiter is a French verb meaning “to treat (someone) (a particular way)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Agir, avec quelqu’un ou quelque chose, de telle ou telle manière”.
What does traiter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to treat (someone) (a particular way)
bien traiter quelqu'un
- 2
to render treatment (usually medical)
être traité pour, se faire traiter pour
- 3
to process, spray, coat
Les champs de blé étaient traités avec des pesticides par avion.
- 4
to process
Les opérateurs de l'équipe de nuit traitent les tâches par lots.
- 5
to call, to label (someone)
Ils l'ont traitée de menteuse.
- 6
to deal with, to handle, to be concerned with
Cet article traitera de sujets très sérieux.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Agir, avec quelqu’un ou quelque chose, de telle ou telle manière. 2. Affubler d’un titre. Catégorier. 3. Dénommer de manière injurieuse. 4. Insulter.
verb: 1. Variante orthographique de traiter.
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 traiter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- traitant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- traité participle past
- traite first-person indicative present
- traites indicative present second-person
- traitons first-person indicative plural
- traitez indicative plural present
- traitent indicative plural present
- traitais first-person imperfect indicative
- traitait imperfect indicative singular
- traitions first-person imperfect indicative
- traitiez imperfect indicative plural
- traitaient imperfect indicative plural
- traitai first-person historic indicative
- traitas historic indicative past
- traita historic indicative past
- traitâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce traiter?
- /tʁɛ.te/
- /tʁe.te/
- \tʁe.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to traiter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is traiter in French?
traiter appears 35 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).