vulgarise
French, verb
vulgarise is spelled V-U-L-G-A-R-I-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,980th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vulgarise is a French verb meaning “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, vulgarisé is a different word: “past participle of vulgariser”.
What does vulgarise mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of vulgariser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Rendu compréhensible ou accessible à tout un chacun.
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 vulgarise
- vulgarisée feminine
- vulgarisés masculine plural
- vulgarisées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is vulgarise in French?
vulgarise appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).