compulser
French, verb/kɔ̃.pyl.se/
compulser is spelled C-O-M-P-U-L-S-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compulser is a French verb meaning “to consult” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prendre communication des registres, des minutes d’un officier public, en vertu de l’ordonnance du juge”.
What does compulser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to consult
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Prendre communication des registres, des minutes d’un officier public, en vertu de l’ordonnance du juge. 2. Examiner des papiers, des livres, 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 compulser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- compulsant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- compulsé participle past
- compulse first-person indicative present
- compulses indicative present second-person
- compulsons first-person indicative plural
- compulsez indicative plural present
- compulsent indicative plural present
- compulsais first-person imperfect indicative
- compulsait imperfect indicative singular
- compulsions first-person imperfect indicative
- compulsiez imperfect indicative plural
- compulsaient imperfect indicative plural
- compulsai first-person historic indicative
- compulsas historic indicative past
- compulsa historic indicative past
- compulsâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce compulser?
- /kɔ̃.pyl.se/
- \kɔ̃.pyl.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is compulser in French?
compulser appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).