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adirer

French, verb/a.di.ʁe/

adirer is a French verb meaning “to lose, misplace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Perdre, égarer (spécialement en parlant d’un document juridique)”.

What does adirer mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to lose, misplace

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Perdre, égarer (spécialement en parlant d’un document juridique). 2. Perdre.

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 adirer

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • adirant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • adiré participle past
  • adire first-person indicative present
  • adires indicative present second-person
  • adirons first-person indicative plural
  • adirez indicative plural present
  • adirent indicative plural present
  • adirais first-person imperfect indicative
  • adirait imperfect indicative singular
  • adirions first-person imperfect indicative
  • adiriez imperfect indicative plural
  • adiraient imperfect indicative plural
  • adirai first-person historic indicative
  • adiras historic indicative past
  • adira historic indicative past
  • adirâmes first-person historic indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce adirer?

  • /a.di.ʁe/
  • \a.di.ʁe\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.