capturer
French, verb/kap.ty.ʁe/
capturer is spelled C-A-P-T-U-R-E-R (8 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written French, the 10,846th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capturer is a French verb meaning “to capture (catch, seize e.g. an enemy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “S’emparer d’un être vivant ou d’une chose”.
What does capturer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to capture (catch, seize e.g. an enemy)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. S’emparer d’un être vivant ou d’une chose. 2. Photographier ou filmer.
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 capturer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- capturant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- capturé participle past
- capture first-person indicative present
- captures indicative present second-person
- capturons first-person indicative plural
- capturez indicative plural present
- capturent indicative plural present
- capturais first-person imperfect indicative
- capturait imperfect indicative singular
- capturions first-person imperfect indicative
- capturiez imperfect indicative plural
- capturaient imperfect indicative plural
- capturai first-person historic indicative
- capturas historic indicative past
- captura historic indicative past
- capturâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capturer?
- /kap.ty.ʁe/
- \kap.ty.ʁe\
- [kap.ty.ʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to capturer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capturer in French?
capturer appears 5.2 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).