challenger
French, verb/ʃa.lɛn(.d)ʒe/
challenger is spelled C-H-A-L-L-E-N-G-E-R (10 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 17,903rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Challenger is a French verb meaning “to challenge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre au défi, défier”.
What does challenger mean in English?
verb
- 1
to challenge
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sportif qui défie celui qui détient le titre.
verb: 1. Mettre au défi, défier. 2. Pousser vers l'excellence, pousser dans ses retranchements. 3. Contredire, contester, remettre en cause, bousculer.
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 challenger
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- challengeant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- challengé participle past
- challenge first-person indicative present
- challenges indicative present second-person
- challengeons first-person indicative plural
- challengez indicative plural present
- challengent indicative plural present
- challengeais first-person imperfect indicative
- challengeait imperfect indicative singular
- challengions first-person imperfect indicative
- challengiez imperfect indicative plural
- challengeaient imperfect indicative plural
- challengeai first-person historic indicative
- challengeas historic indicative past
- challengea historic indicative past
- challengeâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce challenger?
- /ʃa.lɛn(.d)ʒe/
- /tʃa.lɛn(.d)ʒe/
- \tʃa.lɛn.dʒœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to challenger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is challenger in French?
challenger appears 2.5 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).