désoler
French, verb/de.zɔ.le/
désoler is spelled D-É-S-O-L-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 39,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Désoler is a French verb meaning “to sadden, distress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Transformer en solitude une région, une ville, en y exerçant des ravages”.
What does désoler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sadden, distress
- 2
to be upset
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Transformer en solitude une région, une ville, en y exerçant des ravages. 2. Frapper d’une grande affliction. 3. Se livrer à une grande affliction. 4. Se laisser aller à une simple contrariété, à un désagrément.
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 désoler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- désolant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- désolé participle past
- désole first-person indicative present
- désoles indicative present second-person
- désolons first-person indicative plural
- désolez indicative plural present
- désolent indicative plural present
- désolais first-person imperfect indicative
- désolait imperfect indicative singular
- désolions first-person imperfect indicative
- désoliez imperfect indicative plural
- désolaient imperfect indicative plural
- désolai first-person historic indicative
- désolas historic indicative past
- désola historic indicative past
- désolâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce désoler?
- /de.zɔ.le/
- \de.zɔ.le\
- \de.zo.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to désoler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is désoler in French?
désoler 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).