défigurer
French, verb/de.fi.ɡy.ʁe/
défigurer is spelled D-É-F-I-G-U-R-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 58,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Défigurer is a French verb meaning “to disfigure; to deform” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre méconnaissable en altérant physiquement”.
What does défigurer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disfigure; to deform
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre méconnaissable en altérant physiquement. 2. Dénaturer en changeant la forme ou la figure.
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 défigurer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- défigurant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- défiguré participle past
- défigure first-person indicative present
- défigures indicative present second-person
- défigurons first-person indicative plural
- défigurez indicative plural present
- défigurent indicative plural present
- défigurais first-person imperfect indicative
- défigurait imperfect indicative singular
- défigurions first-person imperfect indicative
- défiguriez imperfect indicative plural
- défiguraient imperfect indicative plural
- défigurai first-person historic indicative
- défiguras historic indicative past
- défigura historic indicative past
- défigurâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce défigurer?
- /de.fi.ɡy.ʁe/
- \de.fi.ɡy.ʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to défigurer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is défigurer in French?
défigurer appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).