utiliser
French, verb/y.ti.li.ze/
utiliser is spelled U-T-I-L-I-S-E-R (8 letters) and appears 110 times per million words in written French, the 755th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Utiliser is a French verb meaning “to use, to utilize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tirer de l’utilité de ; tirer parti de”.
What does utiliser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to use, to utilize
Si tu veux l'utiliser, demande d'abord
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tirer de l’utilité de ; tirer parti de. 2. Rendre quelque chose utile ou s’en servir dans un but précis.
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 utiliser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- utilisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- utilisé participle past
- utilise first-person indicative present
- utilises indicative present second-person
- utilisons first-person indicative plural
- utilisez indicative plural present
- utilisent indicative plural present
- utilisais first-person imperfect indicative
- utilisait imperfect indicative singular
- utilisions first-person imperfect indicative
- utilisiez imperfect indicative plural
- utilisaient imperfect indicative plural
- utilisai first-person historic indicative
- utilisas historic indicative past
- utilisa historic indicative past
- utilisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce utiliser?
- /y.ti.li.ze/
- \y.ti.li.ze\
- [y.ti.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 utiliser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is utiliser in French?
utiliser appears 110 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).