convaincre
French, verb/kɔ̃.vɛ̃kʁ/
convaincre is spelled C-O-N-V-A-I-N-C-R-E (10 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written French, the 2,569th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Convaincre is a French verb meaning “to convince, to persuade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Amener quelqu’un par le raisonnement ou par des preuves à demeurer d’accord d’une vérité, d’un fait ; faire…”.
What does convaincre mean in English?
verb
- 1
to convince, to persuade
Est-ce que vous êtes convaincu qu'il nous a dit que la vérité ?
- 2
to convict
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Amener quelqu’un par le raisonnement ou par des preuves à demeurer d’accord d’une vérité, d’un fait ; faire entrer fortement une opinion dans l’esprit de quelqu’un. 2. Donner des preuves qui font reconnaître qu’une personne s’est rendue coupable d’un crime, d’une faute.
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 convaincre
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- convainquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- convaincu participle past
- convaincs first-person indicative present
- convainc indicative present singular
- convainquons first-person indicative plural
- convainquez indicative plural present
- convainquent indicative plural present
- convainquais first-person imperfect indicative
- convainquait imperfect indicative singular
- convainquions first-person imperfect indicative
- convainquiez imperfect indicative plural
- convainquaient imperfect indicative plural
- convainquis first-person historic indicative
- convainquit historic indicative past
- convainquîmes first-person historic indicative
- convainquîtes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce convaincre?
- /kɔ̃.vɛ̃kʁ/
- \kɔ̃.vɛ̃kʁ\
- [kɔ̃.vɛ̃kʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to convaincre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is convaincre in French?
convaincre appears 32 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).