viriliser
French, verb/vi.ʁi.li.ze/
viriliser is spelled V-I-R-I-L-I-S-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Viriliser is a French verb meaning “to masculinize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre viril”.
What does viriliser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to masculinize
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre viril.
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 viriliser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- virilisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- virilisé participle past
- virilise first-person indicative present
- virilises indicative present second-person
- virilisons first-person indicative plural
- virilisez indicative plural present
- virilisent indicative plural present
- virilisais first-person imperfect indicative
- virilisait imperfect indicative singular
- virilisions first-person imperfect indicative
- virilisiez imperfect indicative plural
- virilisaient imperfect indicative plural
- virilisai first-person historic indicative
- virilisas historic indicative past
- virilisa historic indicative past
- virilisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce viriliser?
- /vi.ʁi.li.ze/
- \vi.ʁi.li.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is viriliser in French?
viriliser appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).