déporter
French, verb/de.pɔʁ.te/
déporter is spelled D-É-P-O-R-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,183rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déporter is a French verb meaning “to deport (expel from a country)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Punir de la peine de la déportation, exiler”.
What does déporter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to deport (expel from a country)
- 2
to send to a concentration camp
- 3
to put off course, carry off course
- 4
to swerve
- 5
to sway, waver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Punir de la peine de la déportation, exiler. 2. Écarter de sa route. 3. Déplacer sa trajectoire. 4. Se récuser ; se mettre en retrait de dossiers dans lesquels il pourrait y avoir conflit d’intérêts.
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 déporter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- déportant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- déporté participle past
- déporte first-person indicative present
- déportes indicative present second-person
- déportons first-person indicative plural
- déportez indicative plural present
- déportent indicative plural present
- déportais first-person imperfect indicative
- déportait imperfect indicative singular
- déportions first-person imperfect indicative
- déportiez imperfect indicative plural
- déportaient imperfect indicative plural
- déportai first-person historic indicative
- déportas historic indicative past
- déporta historic indicative past
- déportâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déporter?
- /de.pɔʁ.te/
- \de.pɔʁ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to déporter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is déporter in French?
déporter appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).