condamner
French, verb/kɔ̃.da.ne/
condamner is spelled C-O-N-D-A-M-N-E-R (9 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Condamner is a French verb meaning “to condemn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Déclarer quelqu’un, par décision de justice, coupable d'un délit ou d'un crime et lui infliger la peine…”.
What does condamner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to condemn
- 2
to sentence, punish
Il fut condamné à mort.
- 3
to permanently close (a door, window, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Déclarer quelqu’un, par décision de justice, coupable d'un délit ou d'un crime et lui infliger la peine correspondante. 2. Blâmer, critiquer, désapprouver, rejeter. 3. Obliger. 4. Déclarer que quelqu’un est atteint d’une maladie mortelle.
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 condamner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- condamnant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- condamné participle past
- condamne first-person indicative present
- condamnes indicative present second-person
- condamnons first-person indicative plural
- condamnez indicative plural present
- condamnent indicative plural present
- condamnais first-person imperfect indicative
- condamnait imperfect indicative singular
- condamnions first-person imperfect indicative
- condamniez imperfect indicative plural
- condamnaient imperfect indicative plural
- condamnai first-person historic indicative
- condamnas historic indicative past
- condamna historic indicative past
- condamnâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce condamner?
- /kɔ̃.da.ne/
- /kɔ̃.dɑ.ne/
- \kɔ̃.dɑ.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to condamner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is condamner in French?
condamner appears 8.1 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).