consumer
French, verb/kɔ̃.sy.me/
consumer is spelled C-O-N-S-U-M-E-R (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,653rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consumer is a French verb meaning “to consume; to use up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “User, épuiser une chose ou un être jusqu’à les réduire à rien, jusqu’à les détruire”.
What does consumer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to consume; to use up
- 2
to consume
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. User, épuiser une chose ou un être jusqu’à les réduire à rien, jusqu’à les détruire. 2. Brûler en produisant de la lumière, de la chaleur ou de l'énergie. 3. Faire tomber dans le dépérissement en parlant des afflictions, des sentiments pénibles. 4. Employer sans réserve.
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 consumer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- consumant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- consumé participle past
- consume first-person indicative present
- consumes indicative present second-person
- consumons first-person indicative plural
- consumez indicative plural present
- consument indicative plural present
- consumais first-person imperfect indicative
- consumait imperfect indicative singular
- consumions first-person imperfect indicative
- consumiez imperfect indicative plural
- consumaient imperfect indicative plural
- consumai first-person historic indicative
- consumas historic indicative past
- consuma historic indicative past
- consumâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce consumer?
- /kɔ̃.sy.me/
- \kɔ̃.sy.me\
- [kɔ̃.sy.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 consumer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is consumer in French?
consumer appears 1.3 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).