consister
French, verb/kɔ̃.sis.te/
consister is spelled C-O-N-S-I-S-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consister is a French verb meaning “to consist (of/in)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être constitué par certains éléments ; comporter ; comprendre”.
What does consister mean in English?
verb
- 1
to consist (of/in)
- 2
to entail, to involve
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Être constitué par certains éléments ; comporter ; comprendre. 2. Se résumer (à) ; revenir (à). 3. Être établi sur
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 consister
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- consistant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- consisté participle past
- consiste first-person indicative present
- consistes indicative present second-person
- consistons first-person indicative plural
- consistez indicative plural present
- consistent indicative plural present
- consistais first-person imperfect indicative
- consistait imperfect indicative singular
- consistions first-person imperfect indicative
- consistiez imperfect indicative plural
- consistaient imperfect indicative plural
- consistai first-person historic indicative
- consistas historic indicative past
- consista historic indicative past
- consistâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce consister?
- /kɔ̃.sis.te/
- \kɔ̃.sis.te\
- [kɔ̃.sis.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is consister in French?
consister 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).