consommer
French, verb/kɔ̃.sɔ.me/
consommer is spelled C-O-N-S-O-M-M-E-R (9 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consommer is a French verb meaning “to consume; to ingest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire usage de quelque chose, utiliser”.
What does consommer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to consume; to ingest
à consommer avec modération
- 2
archaicto consummate; to complete; to fulfil
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire usage de quelque chose, utiliser. 2. Absorber. 3. Réduire en cuisant. 4. Ingérer.
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 consommer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- consommant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- consommé participle past
- consomme first-person indicative present
- consommes indicative present second-person
- consommons first-person indicative plural
- consommez indicative plural present
- consomment indicative plural present
- consommais first-person imperfect indicative
- consommait imperfect indicative singular
- consommions first-person imperfect indicative
- consommiez imperfect indicative plural
- consommaient imperfect indicative plural
- consommai first-person historic indicative
- consommas historic indicative past
- consomma historic indicative past
- consommâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce consommer?
- /kɔ̃.sɔ.me/
- \kɔ̃.sɔ.me\
- [kɔ̃.sɔ.me]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to consommer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is consommer in French?
consommer appears 9.8 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).