annoncer
French, verb/a.nɔ̃.se/
annoncer is spelled A-N-N-O-N-C-E-R (8 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,391st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Annoncer is a French verb meaning “to announce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire connaître”.
What does annoncer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to announce
- 2
to predict, foretell
- 3
to declare
- 4
to approach
La nuit s'annonce.
- 5
to show
- 6
informalto promise to be
L'entreprise s'annonce difficile.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire connaître. 2. Faire connaitre son arrivée ou sa venue. 3. Faire connaître au public par une annonce. 4. Prédire ; assurer qu’une chose arrivera.
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 annoncer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- annonçant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- annoncé participle past
- annonce first-person indicative present
- annonces indicative present second-person
- annonçons first-person indicative plural
- annoncez indicative plural present
- annoncent indicative plural present
- annonçais first-person imperfect indicative
- annonçait imperfect indicative singular
- annoncions first-person imperfect indicative
- annonciez imperfect indicative plural
- annonçaient imperfect indicative plural
- annonçai first-person historic indicative
- annonças historic indicative past
- annonça historic indicative past
- annonçâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce annoncer?
- /a.nɔ̃.se/
- \a.nɔ̃.se\
- [a.nɔ̃.se]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to annoncer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is annoncer in French?
annoncer appears 23 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).