attester
French, verb/a.tɛs.te/
attester is spelled A-T-T-E-S-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Attester is a French verb meaning “to attest; to support with evidence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Certifier un fait, soit de vive voix, soit par écrit”.
What does attester mean in English?
verb
- 1
to attest; to support with evidence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Certifier un fait, soit de vive voix, soit par écrit. 2. Prouver ; servir de preuve ou de témoignage. 3. Prendre à témoin.
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 attester
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- attestant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- attesté participle past
- atteste first-person indicative present
- attestes indicative present second-person
- attestons first-person indicative plural
- attestez indicative plural present
- attestent indicative plural present
- attestais first-person imperfect indicative
- attestait imperfect indicative singular
- attestions first-person imperfect indicative
- attestiez imperfect indicative plural
- attestaient imperfect indicative plural
- attestai first-person historic indicative
- attestas historic indicative past
- attesta historic indicative past
- attestâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce attester?
- /a.tɛs.te/
- \a.tɛs.te\
- [a.tɛs.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to attester
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is attester in French?
attester appears 1.1 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).