dérider
French, verb/de.ʁi.de/
dérider is spelled D-É-R-I-D-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 82,784th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dérider is a French verb meaning “to smooth, remove the wrinkles from” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Débarrasser des rides”.
What does dérider mean in English?
verb
- 1
to smooth, remove the wrinkles from
- 2
to brighten up, cheer up
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Débarrasser des rides. 2. Égayer, obliger quelqu’un à quitter l’air sévère, l’air triste.
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 dérider
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- déridant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- déridé participle past
- déride first-person indicative present
- dérides indicative present second-person
- déridons first-person indicative plural
- déridez indicative plural present
- dérident indicative plural present
- déridais first-person imperfect indicative
- déridait imperfect indicative singular
- déridions first-person imperfect indicative
- déridiez imperfect indicative plural
- déridaient imperfect indicative plural
- déridai first-person historic indicative
- déridas historic indicative past
- dérida historic indicative past
- déridâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dérider?
- /de.ʁi.de/
- \de.ʁi.de\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dérider in French?
dérider appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).