computer
French, verb/kɔ̃.py.te/
computer is spelled C-O-M-P-U-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Computer is a French verb meaning “to compute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Supputer”.
What does computer mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicrareto compute
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Supputer. 2. Compter, calculer ; effectuer un comput.
noun: 1. Ordinateur.
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 computer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- computant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- computé participle past
- compute first-person indicative present
- computes indicative present second-person
- computons first-person indicative plural
- computez indicative plural present
- computent indicative plural present
- computais first-person imperfect indicative
- computait imperfect indicative singular
- computions first-person imperfect indicative
- computiez imperfect indicative plural
- computaient imperfect indicative plural
- computai first-person historic indicative
- computas historic indicative past
- computa historic indicative past
- computâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce computer?
- /kɔ̃.py.te/
- \kɔ̃.py.te\
- \kɔ̃.pju.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to computer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is computer in French?
computer appears 1.3 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).