atterrir
French, verb/a.tɛ.ʁiʁ/
atterrir is spelled A-T-T-E-R-R-I-R (8 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written French, the 14,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atterrir is a French verb meaning “to land (a plane, helicopter etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arriver au voisinage de la terre”.
What does atterrir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to land (a plane, helicopter etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Arriver au voisinage de la terre. 2. Reprendre contact avec le sol. 3. Parvenir dans un lieu déterminé.
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 atterrir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- atterrissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- atterri participle past
- atterris first-person indicative present
- atterrit indicative present singular
- atterrissons first-person indicative plural
- atterrissez indicative plural present
- atterrissent indicative plural present
- atterrissais first-person imperfect indicative
- atterrissait imperfect indicative singular
- atterrissions first-person imperfect indicative
- atterrissiez imperfect indicative plural
- atterrissaient imperfect indicative plural
- atterrîmes first-person historic indicative
- atterrîtes historic indicative past
- avoir atterri infinitive past
- en atterrissant gerund present
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atterrir?
- /a.tɛ.ʁiʁ/
- /a.te.ʁiʁ/
- \a.tɛ.ʁiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atterrir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atterrir in French?
atterrir appears 3.4 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).