consigner
French, verb/kɔ̃.si.ɲe/
consigner is spelled C-O-N-S-I-G-N-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consigner is a French verb meaning “to confine to quarters” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Déposer une somme entre les mains de quelqu’un, pour qu’elle soit délivrée en temps et lieu à qui il…”.
What does consigner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to confine to quarters
- 2
to give (somebody) detention
- 3
to record, to write down
- 4
to consign
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Déposer une somme entre les mains de quelqu’un, pour qu’elle soit délivrée en temps et lieu à qui il appartiendra. 2. Adresser à un consignataire. 3. Rapporter, citer dans un écrit. 4. Donner des ordres pour empêcher que quelqu’un ne sorte, par punition.
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 consigner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- consignant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- consigné participle past
- consigne first-person indicative present
- consignes indicative present second-person
- consignons first-person indicative plural
- consignez indicative plural present
- consignent indicative plural present
- consignais first-person imperfect indicative
- consignait imperfect indicative singular
- consignions first-person imperfect indicative
- consigniez imperfect indicative plural
- consignaient imperfect indicative plural
- consignai first-person historic indicative
- consignas historic indicative past
- consigna historic indicative past
- consignâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce consigner?
- /kɔ̃.si.ɲe/
- \kɔ̃.si.ɲe\
- [kɔ̃.si.ɲe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to consigner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is consigner in French?
consigner appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).