airer
French, verb/ɛ.ʁe/
airer is spelled A-I-R-E-R (5 letters). Airer is a French verb meaning “to nest (make a nest)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire son nid, en parlant de certains oiseaux de proie (l’aigle, en particulier). → voir nicher”.
What does airer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nest (make a nest)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire son nid, en parlant de certains oiseaux de proie (l’aigle, en particulier). → voir nicher 2. Faire circuler l’air.
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 airer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- airant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- airé participle past
- aire first-person indicative present
- aires indicative present second-person
- airons first-person indicative plural
- airez indicative plural present
- airent indicative plural present
- airais first-person imperfect indicative
- airait imperfect indicative singular
- airions first-person imperfect indicative
- airiez imperfect indicative plural
- airaient imperfect indicative plural
- airai first-person historic indicative
- airas historic indicative past
- aira historic indicative past
- airâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce airer?
- /ɛ.ʁe/
- /e.ʁe/
- \e.ʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.