combler
French, verb/kɔ̃.ble/
combler is spelled C-O-M-B-L-E-R (7 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written French, the 7,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Combler is a French verb meaning “to fulfil, satisfy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Remplir jusque par dessus les bords”.
What does combler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fulfil, satisfy
- 2
to fill (add contents to, so it is full)
- 3
to fill (to install someone)
- 4
to counter
- 5
to deliver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Remplir jusque par dessus les bords. 2. Faire que ce qui était creux ne le soit plus. 3. Remplir un vide, compenser un défaut. 4. Satisfaire ; exaucer.
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 combler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- comblant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- comblé participle past
- comble first-person indicative present
- combles indicative present second-person
- comblons first-person indicative plural
- comblez indicative plural present
- comblent indicative plural present
- comblais first-person imperfect indicative
- comblait imperfect indicative singular
- comblions first-person imperfect indicative
- combliez imperfect indicative plural
- comblaient imperfect indicative plural
- comblai first-person historic indicative
- comblas historic indicative past
- combla historic indicative past
- comblâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce combler?
- /kɔ̃.ble/
- \kɔ̃.ble\
- [kɔ̃.ble]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to combler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is combler in French?
combler appears 8.5 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).