bénévoler
French, verb/be.ne.vɔ.le/
bénévoler is spelled B-É-N-É-V-O-L-E-R (9 letters). Bénévoler is a French verb meaning “to volunteer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire du bénévolat, vouloir le bien d’autrui”.
What does bénévoler mean in English?
verb
- 1
rareto volunteer
- 2
rareto be benevolent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire du bénévolat, vouloir le bien d’autrui.
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 bénévoler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- bénévolant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- bénévolé participle past
- bénévole first-person indicative present
- bénévoles indicative present second-person
- bénévolons first-person indicative plural
- bénévolez indicative plural present
- bénévolent indicative plural present
- bénévolais first-person imperfect indicative
- bénévolait imperfect indicative singular
- bénévolions first-person imperfect indicative
- bénévoliez imperfect indicative plural
- bénévolaient imperfect indicative plural
- bénévolai first-person historic indicative
- bénévolas historic indicative past
- bénévola historic indicative past
- bénévolâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bénévoler?
- /be.ne.vɔ.le/
- \be.ne.vɔ.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.