convoiter
French, verb/kɔ̃.vwa.te/
convoiter is spelled C-O-N-V-O-I-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 67,389th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Convoiter is a French verb meaning “to covet, to desire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Désirer avidement ce qu’un autre possède”.
What does convoiter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to covet, to desire
Tu ne convoiteras pas la femme de ton prochain.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Désirer avidement ce qu’un autre possède.
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 convoiter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- convoitant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- convoité participle past
- convoite first-person indicative present
- convoites indicative present second-person
- convoitons first-person indicative plural
- convoitez indicative plural present
- convoitent indicative plural present
- convoitais first-person imperfect indicative
- convoitait imperfect indicative singular
- convoitions first-person imperfect indicative
- convoitiez imperfect indicative plural
- convoitaient imperfect indicative plural
- convoitai first-person historic indicative
- convoitas historic indicative past
- convoita historic indicative past
- convoitâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce convoiter?
- /kɔ̃.vwa.te/
- \kɔ̃.vwa.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 convoiter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is convoiter in French?
convoiter appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).