bistrer
French, verb/bis.tʁe/
bistrer is spelled B-I-S-T-R-E-R (7 letters). Bistrer is a French verb meaning “to darken, blacken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Donner une couleur bistre”.
What does bistrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to darken, blacken
- 2
to be mesmerized
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Donner une couleur bistre. 2. Être victime d’une hallucination. 3. Regarder fixement quelque chose, être hypnotisé par.
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 bistrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- bistrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- bistré participle past
- bistre first-person indicative present
- bistres indicative present second-person
- bistrons first-person indicative plural
- bistrez indicative plural present
- bistrent indicative plural present
- bistrais first-person imperfect indicative
- bistrait imperfect indicative singular
- bistrions first-person imperfect indicative
- bistriez imperfect indicative plural
- bistraient imperfect indicative plural
- bistrai first-person historic indicative
- bistras historic indicative past
- bistra historic indicative past
- bistrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bistrer?
- /bis.tʁe/
- \bis.tʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.