anser
French, verb/ɑ̃.se/
anser is spelled A-N-S-E-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 170,198th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anser is a French verb meaning “to fix a handle (to)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Garnir d’une anse”.
What does anser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fix a handle (to)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Garnir d’une anse.
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 anser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- ansant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- ansé participle past
- anse first-person indicative present
- anses indicative present second-person
- ansons first-person indicative plural
- ansez indicative plural present
- ansent indicative plural present
- ansais first-person imperfect indicative
- ansait imperfect indicative singular
- ansions first-person imperfect indicative
- ansiez imperfect indicative plural
- ansaient imperfect indicative plural
- ansai first-person historic indicative
- ansas historic indicative past
- ansa historic indicative past
- ansâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anser?
- /ɑ̃.se/
- \ɑ̃.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anser in French?
anser appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).