chronométrer
French, verb/kʁɔ.nɔ.me.tʁe/
chronométrer is spelled C-H-R-O-N-O-M-É-T-R-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chronométrer is a French verb meaning “to time, to keep time (measure time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se servir du chronomètre pour mesurer avec précision le temps pendant lequel s’accomplit une action, un fait…”.
What does chronométrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to time, to keep time (measure time)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Se servir du chronomètre pour mesurer avec précision le temps pendant lequel s’accomplit une action, un fait ou, en termes de sports, une course, etc.
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 chronométrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- chronométrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- chronométré participle past
- chronomètre first-person indicative present
- chronomètres indicative present second-person
- chronométrons first-person indicative plural
- chronométrez indicative plural present
- chronomètrent indicative plural present
- chronométrais first-person imperfect indicative
- chronométrait imperfect indicative singular
- chronométrions first-person imperfect indicative
- chronométriez imperfect indicative plural
- chronométraient imperfect indicative plural
- chronométrai first-person historic indicative
- chronométras historic indicative past
- chronométra historic indicative past
- chronométrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chronométrer?
- /kʁɔ.nɔ.me.tʁe/
- \kʁɔ.nɔ.met.ʁe\
- [kʁɔ.nɔ.met.ʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chronométrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chronométrer in French?
chronométrer appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).