accaparer
French, verb/a.ka.pa.ʁe/
accaparer is spelled A-C-C-A-P-A-R-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Accaparer is a French verb meaning “to monopolize, to corner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “S'assurer par des sollicitations, par la brigue, etc., en parlant des voix, des suffrages”.
What does accaparer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to monopolize, to corner
- 2
to occupy, to grab, to acquire, to arrogate (often with force or money)
- 3
to engross, to preoccupy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Acheter ou retenir une quantité considérable d’une denrée, d’une marchandise, pour la rendre plus chère en la rendant plus rare, et se faire ainsi seul le maître de la vente et du prix. 2. S'assurer par des sollicitations, par la brigue, etc., en parlant des voix, des suffrages. 3. S’emparer de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose pour son propre profit.
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 accaparer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- accaparant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- accaparé participle past
- accapare first-person indicative present
- accapares indicative present second-person
- accaparons first-person indicative plural
- accaparez indicative plural present
- accaparent indicative plural present
- accaparais first-person imperfect indicative
- accaparait imperfect indicative singular
- accaparions first-person imperfect indicative
- accapariez imperfect indicative plural
- accaparaient imperfect indicative plural
- accaparai first-person historic indicative
- accaparas historic indicative past
- accapara historic indicative past
- accaparâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce accaparer?
- /a.ka.pa.ʁe/
- \a.ka.pa.ʁe\
- [a.ka.pa.ʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to accaparer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is accaparer in French?
accaparer 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).