discourir
French, verb/dis.ku.ʁiʁ/
discourir is spelled D-I-S-C-O-U-R-I-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,980th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Discourir is a French verb meaning “to talk, discourse, hold forth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Parler sur une matière avec quelque étendue”.
What does discourir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to talk, discourse, hold forth
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Parler sur une matière avec quelque étendue. 2. Parler longuement et inutilement.
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 discourir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- discourant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- discouru participle past
- discours first-person indicative present
- discourt indicative present singular
- discourons first-person indicative plural
- discourez indicative plural present
- discourent indicative plural present
- discourais first-person imperfect indicative
- discourait imperfect indicative singular
- discourions first-person imperfect indicative
- discouriez imperfect indicative plural
- discouraient imperfect indicative plural
- discourus first-person historic indicative
- discourut historic indicative past
- discourûmes first-person historic indicative
- discourûtes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce discourir?
- /dis.ku.ʁiʁ/
- \dis.ku.ʁiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to discourir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is discourir in French?
discourir appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).