capituler
French, verb/ka.pi.ty.le/
capituler is spelled C-A-P-I-T-U-L-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,202nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capituler is a French verb meaning “to surrender; to capitulate (to give oneself up into the power of another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire une capitulation”.
What does capituler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to surrender; to capitulate (to give oneself up into the power of another)
Les nazis ont été contraints à capituler.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire une capitulation. 2. Se rendre aux conditions imposées par l’ennemi.
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 capituler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- capitulant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- capitulé participle past
- capitule first-person indicative present
- capitules indicative present second-person
- capitulons first-person indicative plural
- capitulez indicative plural present
- capitulent indicative plural present
- capitulais first-person imperfect indicative
- capitulait imperfect indicative singular
- capitulions first-person imperfect indicative
- capituliez imperfect indicative plural
- capitulaient imperfect indicative plural
- capitulai first-person historic indicative
- capitulas historic indicative past
- capitula historic indicative past
- capitulâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capituler?
- /ka.pi.ty.le/
- \ka.pi.ty.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to capituler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capituler in French?
capituler appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).