accidenter
French, verb/ak.si.dɑ̃.te/
accidenter is spelled A-C-C-I-D-E-N-T-E-R (10 letters). Accidenter is a French verb meaning “to damage; to hurt (in an accident)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Produire un accident ou un dommage à quelqu’un ou quelque chose”.
What does accidenter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to damage; to hurt (in an accident)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Produire un accident ou un dommage à quelqu’un ou quelque chose. 2. Briser la continuité.
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 accidenter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- accidentant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- accidenté participle past
- accidente first-person indicative present
- accidentes indicative present second-person
- accidentons first-person indicative plural
- accidentez indicative plural present
- accidentent indicative plural present
- accidentais first-person imperfect indicative
- accidentait imperfect indicative singular
- accidentions first-person imperfect indicative
- accidentiez imperfect indicative plural
- accidentaient imperfect indicative plural
- accidentai first-person historic indicative
- accidentas historic indicative past
- accidenta historic indicative past
- accidentâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce accidenter?
- /ak.si.dɑ̃.te/
- \ak.si.dɑ̃.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.