corroder
French, verb/kɔ.ʁɔ.de/
corroder is spelled C-O-R-R-O-D-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 164,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corroder is a French verb meaning “to corrode (to have corrosive action)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ronger. Il se dit des substances qui, en vertu d’une qualité caustique, rongent, brûlent quelque partie du…”.
What does corroder mean in English?
verb
- 1
to corrode (to have corrosive action)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ronger. Il se dit des substances qui, en vertu d’une qualité caustique, rongent, brûlent quelque partie du corps vivant ou de quelque autre corps solide. 2. Action de dégrader une pièce métallique par une réaction d'oxydation. 3. Ronger.
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 corroder
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- corrodant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- corrodé participle past
- corrode first-person indicative present
- corrodes indicative present second-person
- corrodons first-person indicative plural
- corrodez indicative plural present
- corrodent indicative plural present
- corrodais first-person imperfect indicative
- corrodait imperfect indicative singular
- corrodions first-person imperfect indicative
- corrodiez imperfect indicative plural
- corrodaient imperfect indicative plural
- corrodai first-person historic indicative
- corrodas historic indicative past
- corroda historic indicative past
- corrodâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corroder?
- /kɔ.ʁɔ.de/
- \kɔ.ʁɔ.de\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to corroder
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is corroder in French?
corroder appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).