accabler
French, verb/a.ka.ble/
accabler is spelled A-C-C-A-B-L-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,202nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Accabler is a French verb meaning “to devastate, overwhelm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire succomber, faire tomber”.
What does accabler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to devastate, overwhelm
- 2
to condemn (someone)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire succomber, faire tomber. 2. Surcharger en excédant les forces. 3. Faire supporter des choses considérées comme un poids, lourd à porter. 4. Combler outre mesure quelqu’un, de biens, de grâces, de caresses, de louanges, de politesses, etc.
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 accabler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- accablant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- accablé participle past
- accable first-person indicative present
- accables indicative present second-person
- accablons first-person indicative plural
- accablez indicative plural present
- accablent indicative plural present
- accablais first-person imperfect indicative
- accablait imperfect indicative singular
- accablions first-person imperfect indicative
- accabliez imperfect indicative plural
- accablaient imperfect indicative plural
- accablai first-person historic indicative
- accablas historic indicative past
- accabla historic indicative past
- accablâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce accabler?
- /a.ka.ble/
- /a.kɑ.ble/
- \a.kɑ.ble\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to accabler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is accabler in French?
accabler appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).