tranquilliser
French, verb/tʁɑ̃.ki.li.ze/
tranquilliser is spelled T-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L-L-I-S-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 85,597th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tranquilliser is a French verb meaning “to calm, to reassure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Calmer, rendre tranquille, rassurer”.
What does tranquilliser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to calm, to reassure
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Calmer, rendre tranquille, rassurer.
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 tranquilliser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- tranquillisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- tranquillisé participle past
- tranquillise first-person indicative present
- tranquillises indicative present second-person
- tranquillisons first-person indicative plural
- tranquillisez indicative plural present
- tranquillisent indicative plural present
- tranquillisais first-person imperfect indicative
- tranquillisait imperfect indicative singular
- tranquillisions first-person imperfect indicative
- tranquillisiez imperfect indicative plural
- tranquillisaient imperfect indicative plural
- tranquillisai first-person historic indicative
- tranquillisas historic indicative past
- tranquillisa historic indicative past
- tranquillisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tranquilliser?
- /tʁɑ̃.ki.li.ze/
- \tʁɑ̃.ki.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 tranquilliser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tranquilliser in French?
tranquilliser 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).