catapulter
French, verb/ka.ta.pyl.te/
catapulter is spelled C-A-T-A-P-U-L-T-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catapulter is a French verb meaning “to catapult” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Envoyer avec une catapulte”.
What does catapulter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to catapult
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Envoyer avec une catapulte. 2. Projeter brusquement dans les airs. 3. Promouvoir soudainement à un poste élevé.
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 catapulter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- catapultant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- catapulté participle past
- catapulte first-person indicative present
- catapultes indicative present second-person
- catapultons first-person indicative plural
- catapultez indicative plural present
- catapultent indicative plural present
- catapultais first-person imperfect indicative
- catapultait imperfect indicative singular
- catapultions first-person imperfect indicative
- catapultiez imperfect indicative plural
- catapultaient imperfect indicative plural
- catapultai first-person historic indicative
- catapultas historic indicative past
- catapulta historic indicative past
- catapultâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catapulter?
- /ka.ta.pyl.te/
- \ka.ta.pyl.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to catapulter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catapulter in French?
catapulter appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).