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conditionner

to condition

verb kohn-dee-syoh-NEH Rare
Mind & Emotions Attitudes

Also means

to package

Usage Note

Conditionner has two main senses: in psychology/behaviour, it means to condition or train a response (as in Pavlov's experiments); in commerce, it means to package or prepare goods for sale. Le conditionnement (m) covers both 'conditioning' (psychological) and 'packaging' (commercial). The context usually makes the sense clear.

Examples

"La publicité conditionne nos habitudes d'achat."

Natural Translation

Advertising conditions our buying habits.

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