accompagner
French, verb/a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲe/
accompagner is spelled A-C-C-O-M-P-A-G-N-E-R (11 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Accompagner is a French verb meaning “to accompany, to escort” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aller de compagnie avec quelqu’un”.
What does accompagner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to accompany, to escort
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aller de compagnie avec quelqu’un. 2. Suivre par honneur. 3. Conduire en cérémonie. 4. Reconduire par honneur une personne dont on a reçu visite.
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 accompagner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- accompagnant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- accompagné participle past
- accompagne first-person indicative present
- accompagnes indicative present second-person
- accompagnons first-person indicative plural
- accompagnez indicative plural present
- accompagnent indicative plural present
- accompagnais first-person imperfect indicative
- accompagnait imperfect indicative singular
- accompagnions first-person imperfect indicative
- accompagniez imperfect indicative plural
- accompagnaient imperfect indicative plural
- accompagnai first-person historic indicative
- accompagnas historic indicative past
- accompagna historic indicative past
- accompagnâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce accompagner?
- /a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲe/
- \a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲe\
- [a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to accompagner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is accompagner in French?
accompagner appears 19 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).