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désencombrer

French, verb/de.zɑ̃.kɔ̃.bʁe/

désencombrer is spelled D-É-S-E-N-C-O-M-B-R-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Désencombrer is a French verb meaning “to unclutter; to declutter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Débarrasser de décombres”.

What does désencombrer mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to unclutter; to declutter

  2. 2

    disencumber; to unburden

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Débarrasser de décombres. 2. Débarrasser de ce qui gêne.

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 désencombrer

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • désencombrant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • désencombré participle past
  • désencombre first-person indicative present
  • désencombres indicative present second-person
  • désencombrons first-person indicative plural
  • désencombrez indicative plural present
  • désencombrent indicative plural present
  • désencombrais first-person imperfect indicative
  • désencombrait imperfect indicative singular
  • désencombrions first-person imperfect indicative
  • désencombriez imperfect indicative plural
  • désencombraient imperfect indicative plural
  • désencombrai first-person historic indicative
  • désencombras historic indicative past
  • désencombra historic indicative past
  • désencombrâmes first-person historic indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce désencombrer?

  • /de.zɑ̃.kɔ̃.bʁe/
  • \de.zɑ̃.kɔ̃.bʁe\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to désencombrer

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is désencombrer in French?

désencombrer 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).

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