casser
French, verb/ka.se/
casser is spelled C-A-S-S-E-R (6 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,391st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Casser is a French verb meaning “to break” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Briser ; rompre”.
What does casser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to break
- 2
to break up (with somebody)
- 3
informalto get lost, go away, skidaddle, leave, see se casser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Briser ; rompre. 2. Se dit lorsqu’une mousse retombe après avoir été battue ou remuée trop énergiquement, ce qui la liquéfie en brisant les bulles d’air qu’elle contient et en chassant l’air de l’émulsion. 3. Imprimer un angle à une ligne ou un objet droit. 4. Affaiblir.
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 casser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- cassant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- cassé participle past
- casse first-person indicative present
- casses indicative present second-person
- cassons first-person indicative plural
- cassez indicative plural present
- cassent indicative plural present
- cassais first-person imperfect indicative
- cassait imperfect indicative singular
- cassions first-person imperfect indicative
- cassiez imperfect indicative plural
- cassaient imperfect indicative plural
- cassai first-person historic indicative
- cassas historic indicative past
- cassa historic indicative past
- cassâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce casser?
- /ka.se/
- /kɑ.se/
- \ka.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to casser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is casser in French?
casser appears 23 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).