ancrer
French, verb/ɑ̃.kʁe/
ancrer is spelled A-N-C-R-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ancrer is a French verb meaning “to anchor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jeter l’ancre”.
What does ancrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to anchor
- 2
to fix, to anchor, to make permanent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Jeter l’ancre. 2. Fixer, affermir, accrocher solidement. 3. S’attacher, s’accrocher. 4. Établir de façon durable.
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 ancrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- ancrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- ancré participle past
- ancre first-person indicative present
- ancres indicative present second-person
- ancrons first-person indicative plural
- ancrez indicative plural present
- ancrent indicative plural present
- ancrais first-person imperfect indicative
- ancrait imperfect indicative singular
- ancrions first-person imperfect indicative
- ancriez imperfect indicative plural
- ancraient imperfect indicative plural
- ancrai first-person historic indicative
- ancras historic indicative past
- ancra historic indicative past
- ancrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ancrer?
- /ɑ̃.kʁe/
- \ɑ̃.kʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ancrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ancrer in French?
ancrer 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).