consulter
French, verb/kɔ̃.syl.te/
consulter is spelled C-O-N-S-U-L-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,992nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consulter is a French verb meaning “to consult” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prendre avis, conseil ou instruction de quelqu’un”.
What does consulter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to consult
Demain matin, j'irai consulter mon médecin.
- 2
to refer to
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Prendre avis, conseil ou instruction de quelqu’un. 2. Demander un diagnostic et les indications de soins à un médecin. 3. Étudier pour y chercher des éclaircissements, des indices, etc., les livres, les écrits des savants, etc. 4. Prendre avis des choses qui peuvent inspirer ou régler nos déterminations.
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 consulter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- consultant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- consulté participle past
- consulte first-person indicative present
- consultes indicative present second-person
- consultons first-person indicative plural
- consultez indicative plural present
- consultent indicative plural present
- consultais first-person imperfect indicative
- consultait imperfect indicative singular
- consultions first-person imperfect indicative
- consultiez imperfect indicative plural
- consultaient imperfect indicative plural
- consultai first-person historic indicative
- consultas historic indicative past
- consulta historic indicative past
- consultâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce consulter?
- /kɔ̃.syl.te/
- \kɔ̃.syl.te\
- [kɔ̃.syl.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to consulter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is consulter in French?
consulter appears 19 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).