débarquer
French, verb/de.baʁ.ke/
débarquer is a French verb meaning “to unload (merchandise), land (troops, passengers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tirer, ou faire sortir d’un navire, d’un bateau, ce qu’il contient”.
What does débarquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unload (merchandise), land (troops, passengers)
- 2
colloquialto fire, sack
- 3
to disembark
- 4
colloquialto turn up, arrive (suddenly)
- 5
colloquialto realize, to become aware of something
- 6
to get out of a vehicle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tirer, ou faire sortir d’un navire, d’un bateau, ce qu’il contient. 2. Quitter le navire, le bateau, et descendre à terre. 3. Descendre ou faire descendre d’un véhicule. 4. Écarter quelqu’un d’un poste dont on le juge indigne.
noun: 1. Moment où un navire arrive à son point de débarquement.
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 débarquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- débarquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- débarqué participle past
- débarque first-person indicative present
- débarques indicative present second-person
- débarquons first-person indicative plural
- débarquez indicative plural present
- débarquent indicative plural present
- débarquais first-person imperfect indicative
- débarquait imperfect indicative singular
- débarquions first-person imperfect indicative
- débarquiez imperfect indicative plural
- débarquaient imperfect indicative plural
- débarquai first-person historic indicative
- débarquas historic indicative past
- débarqua historic indicative past
- débarquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce débarquer?
- /de.baʁ.ke/
- \de.baʁ.ke\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to débarquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is débarquer in French?
débarquer appears 5.6 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).