dégotter
French, verb/de.ɡɔ.te/
dégotter is spelled D-É-G-O-T-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dégotter is a French verb meaning “to dig up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Surpasser, battre quelqu’un”.
What does dégotter mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto dig up
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Surpasser, battre quelqu’un. 2. Trouver quelqu’un ou quelque chose, en particulier quand c’est inespéré. 3. Atteindre une cible avec un projectile.
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 dégotter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- dégottant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- dégotté participle past
- dégotte first-person indicative present
- dégottes indicative present second-person
- dégottons first-person indicative plural
- dégottez indicative plural present
- dégottent indicative plural present
- dégottais first-person imperfect indicative
- dégottait imperfect indicative singular
- dégottions first-person imperfect indicative
- dégottiez imperfect indicative plural
- dégottaient imperfect indicative plural
- dégottai first-person historic indicative
- dégottas historic indicative past
- dégotta historic indicative past
- dégottâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dégotter?
- /de.ɡɔ.te/
- \de.ɡɔ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dégotter in French?
dégotter appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).