désiré
French, verb
désiré is spelled D-É-S-I-R-É (6 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Désiré is a French verb meaning “past participle of désirer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, désire is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does désiré mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of désirer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne aimée.
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 désiré
- désirée feminine
- désirés masculine plural
- désirées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is désiré in French?
désiré appears 9.8 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).