déplacer
French, verb/de.pla.se/
déplacer is a French verb meaning “to move, shift (an object or material from one place to another); to relocate; to displace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prendre quelque chose ou quelqu’un et le mettre ailleurs”.
What does déplacer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to move, shift (an object or material from one place to another); to relocate; to displace
Near-synonyms: bouger, remuer
- 2
to move around; to get around; to travel
Il se déplace en bus.
- 3
to come over; to go to; to travel to (a place, especially for work or an appointment)
Le médecin se déplace à domicile.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Prendre quelque chose ou quelqu’un et le mettre ailleurs. 2. Changer ou faire changer de place, d’emploi. 3. En parlant d'un fonctionnaire, le faire changer de résidence ou de situation. 4. Changer de place.
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 déplacer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- déplaçant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- déplacé participle past
- déplace first-person indicative present
- déplaces indicative present second-person
- déplaçons first-person indicative plural
- déplacez indicative plural present
- déplacent indicative plural present
- déplaçais first-person imperfect indicative
- déplaçait imperfect indicative singular
- déplacions first-person imperfect indicative
- déplaciez imperfect indicative plural
- déplaçaient imperfect indicative plural
- déplaçai first-person historic indicative
- déplaças historic indicative past
- déplaça historic indicative past
- déplaçâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déplacer?
- /de.pla.se/
- \de.pla.se\
- [de.pla.se]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to déplacer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is déplacer in French?
déplacer appears 19 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).