coffrer
French, verb/kɔ.fʁe/
coffrer is spelled C-O-F-F-R-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 66,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coffrer is a French verb meaning “to lock up; to put away or inside” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Emprisonner”.
What does coffrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lock up; to put away or inside
- 2
to make formwork
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Emprisonner. 2. Arrêter, interpeller. 3. Recouvrir, bloquer. 4. Réaliser un coffrage pour couler par exemple du béton.
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 coffrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- coffrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- coffré participle past
- coffre first-person indicative present
- coffres indicative present second-person
- coffrons first-person indicative plural
- coffrez indicative plural present
- coffrent indicative plural present
- coffrais first-person imperfect indicative
- coffrait imperfect indicative singular
- coffrions first-person imperfect indicative
- coffriez imperfect indicative plural
- coffraient imperfect indicative plural
- coffrai first-person historic indicative
- coffras historic indicative past
- coffra historic indicative past
- coffrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coffrer?
- /kɔ.fʁe/
- \kɔ.fʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is coffrer in French?
coffrer appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).