choyer
French, verb/ʃwa.je/
choyer is spelled C-H-O-Y-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 89,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Choyer is a French verb meaning “to cherish, pamper, coddle (care for with affection and tenderness)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soigner quelqu’un avec tendresse, avec affection”.
What does choyer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cherish, pamper, coddle (care for with affection and tenderness)
- 2
to hold in great esteem, revere, going to great lengths to demonstrate this
- 3
to cherish, treasure, conserve with great care
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Soigner quelqu’un avec tendresse, avec affection. 2. Avoir pour quelqu’un de grands égards, chercher à lui plaire par toute sorte de prévenances. 3. Conserver une chose avec grand soin.
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 choyer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- choyant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- choyé participle past
- choie first-person indicative present
- choies indicative present second-person
- choyons first-person indicative plural
- choyez indicative plural present
- choient indicative plural present
- choyais first-person imperfect indicative
- choyait imperfect indicative singular
- choyions first-person imperfect indicative
- choyiez imperfect indicative plural
- choyaient imperfect indicative plural
- choyai first-person historic indicative
- choyas historic indicative past
- choya historic indicative past
- choyâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce choyer?
- /ʃwa.je/
- \ʃwa.je\
- [ʃwa.je]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to choyer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is choyer in French?
choyer appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).