causer
French, verb/ko.ze/
causer is spelled C-A-U-S-E-R (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Causer is a French verb meaning “to cause (be the cause of)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être cause de ; occasionner, provoquer”.
What does causer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cause (be the cause of)
verb
- 1
informalto speak (a language)
Tu causes le céfran, mec ?
- 2
informalto speak, talk, chat; to be waffling on about
De quoi il cause ?
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Être cause de ; occasionner, provoquer.
verb: 1. S'entretenir familièrement avec quelqu’un ; faire la conversation. 2. Parler trop, parler inconsidérément. 3. Parler avec malignité. 4. Parler à quelqu’un.
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 causer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- causant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- causé participle past
- cause first-person indicative present
- causes indicative present second-person
- causons first-person indicative plural
- causez indicative plural present
- causent indicative plural present
- causais first-person imperfect indicative
- causait imperfect indicative singular
- causions first-person imperfect indicative
- causiez imperfect indicative plural
- causaient imperfect indicative plural
- causai first-person historic indicative
- causas historic indicative past
- causa historic indicative past
- causâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce causer?
- /ko.ze/
- \ko.ze\
- [ko.ze]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to causer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is causer in French?
causer appears 11 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).