condenser
French, verb/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.se/
condenser is spelled C-O-N-D-E-N-S-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 63,613th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Condenser is a French verb meaning “to condense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Resserrer dans un moindre espace, réduire”.
What does condenser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to condense
- 2
to compress
- 3
to concentrate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Resserrer dans un moindre espace, réduire. 2. Faire passer (ou passer, pronominal) de l'état gazeux à l'état liquide ou solide, « matière condensée ». 3. Lier des molécules (ou se lier, pronominal) par réaction chimique par une réaction de condensation. 4. Resserrer, résumer, compacter un discours un raisonnement.
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 condenser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- condensant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- condensé participle past
- condense first-person indicative present
- condenses indicative present second-person
- condensons first-person indicative plural
- condensez indicative plural present
- condensent indicative plural present
- condensais first-person imperfect indicative
- condensait imperfect indicative singular
- condensions first-person imperfect indicative
- condensiez imperfect indicative plural
- condensaient imperfect indicative plural
- condensai first-person historic indicative
- condensas historic indicative past
- condensa historic indicative past
- condensâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce condenser?
- /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.se/
- \kɔ̃.dɑ̃.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to condenser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is condenser in French?
condenser 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).