désemparer
French, verb/de.zɑ̃.pa.ʁe/
désemparer is spelled D-É-S-E-M-P-A-R-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Désemparer is a French verb meaning “to disable (a ship)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Abandonner le lieu où l’on est, en sortir”.
What does désemparer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disable (a ship)
- 2
to cripple, to damage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Abandonner le lieu où l’on est, en sortir. 2. Mettre un bâtiment hors d’état de servir. 3. Déconcerter, troubler, priver quelqu’un de ses moyens. 4. Renoncer, se décourager, se lasser.
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 désemparer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- désemparant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- désemparé participle past
- désempare first-person indicative present
- désempares indicative present second-person
- désemparons first-person indicative plural
- désemparez indicative plural present
- désemparent indicative plural present
- désemparais first-person imperfect indicative
- désemparait imperfect indicative singular
- désemparions first-person imperfect indicative
- désempariez imperfect indicative plural
- désemparaient imperfect indicative plural
- désemparai first-person historic indicative
- désemparas historic indicative past
- désempara historic indicative past
- désemparâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce désemparer?
- /de.zɑ̃.pa.ʁe/
- \de.zɑ̃.pa.ʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is désemparer in French?
désemparer appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).