différer
French, verb/di.fe.ʁe/
différer is spelled D-I-F-F-É-R-E-R (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,299th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Différer is a French verb meaning “to differ” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Remettre à un autre temps, à plus tard”.
What does différer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to differ
- 2
to defer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Remettre à un autre temps, à plus tard.
verb: 1. Être dissemblable. 2. Avoir une opinion différente.
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 différer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- différant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- différé participle past
- diffère first-person indicative present
- diffères indicative present second-person
- différons first-person indicative plural
- différez indicative plural present
- diffèrent indicative plural present
- différais first-person imperfect indicative
- différait imperfect indicative singular
- différions first-person imperfect indicative
- différiez imperfect indicative plural
- différaient imperfect indicative plural
- différai first-person historic indicative
- différas historic indicative past
- différa historic indicative past
- différâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce différer?
- /di.fe.ʁe/
- \di.fe.ʁe\
- [di.fe.ʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to différer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is différer in French?
différer appears 1.3 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).