calomnier
French, verb/ka.lɔm.nje/
calomnier is a French verb meaning “to slander, libel, besmirch, calumniate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attaquer, blesser quelqu’un par des calomnies”.
What does calomnier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to slander, libel, besmirch, calumniate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Attaquer, blesser quelqu’un par des calomnies. 2. Critiquer en mal, en parlant des actions, des intentions, etc. 3. Dégrader, déqualifier la perception, ne pas rendre honneur.
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 calomnier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- calomniant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- calomnié participle past
- calomnie first-person indicative present
- calomnies indicative present second-person
- calomnions first-person indicative plural
- calomniez indicative plural present
- calomnient indicative plural present
- calomniais first-person imperfect indicative
- calomniait imperfect indicative singular
- calomniions first-person imperfect indicative
- calomniiez imperfect indicative plural
- calomniaient imperfect indicative plural
- calomniai first-person historic indicative
- calomnias historic indicative past
- calomnia historic indicative past
- calomniâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calomnier?
- /ka.lɔm.nje/
- \ka.lɔm.nje\
- [ka.lɔm.nje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calomnier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calomnier in French?
calomnier appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).