décrier
French, verb/de.kʁi.je/
décrier is spelled D-É-C-R-I-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 70,496th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décrier is a French verb meaning “to decry; to criticize, disparage, censure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attaquer, atteindre quelqu’un dans sa réputation”.
What does décrier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to decry; to criticize, disparage, censure
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Attaquer, atteindre quelqu’un dans sa réputation. 2. Dénoncer, critiquer.
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 décrier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- décriant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- décrié participle past
- décrie first-person indicative present
- décries indicative present second-person
- décrions first-person indicative plural
- décriez indicative plural present
- décrient indicative plural present
- décriais first-person imperfect indicative
- décriait imperfect indicative singular
- décriions first-person imperfect indicative
- décriiez imperfect indicative plural
- décriaient imperfect indicative plural
- décriai first-person historic indicative
- décrias historic indicative past
- décria historic indicative past
- décriâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décrier?
- /de.kʁi.je/
- \de.kʁi.je\
- [de.kʁi.je]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to décrier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is décrier in French?
décrier appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).