discréditer
French, verb/dis.kʁe.di.te/
discréditer is spelled D-I-S-C-R-É-D-I-T-E-R (11 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Discréditer is a French verb meaning “to discredit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire tomber en discrédit ; faire porter le discrédit sur”.
What does discréditer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to discredit
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire tomber en discrédit ; faire porter le discrédit sur.
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 discréditer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- discréditant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- discrédité participle past
- discrédite first-person indicative present
- discrédites indicative present second-person
- discréditons first-person indicative plural
- discréditez indicative plural present
- discréditent indicative plural present
- discréditais first-person imperfect indicative
- discréditait imperfect indicative singular
- discréditions first-person imperfect indicative
- discréditiez imperfect indicative plural
- discréditaient imperfect indicative plural
- discréditai first-person historic indicative
- discréditas historic indicative past
- discrédita historic indicative past
- discréditâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce discréditer?
- /dis.kʁe.di.te/
- \dis.kʁe.di.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to discréditer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is discréditer in French?
discréditer appears 1.7 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).