dispense
French, noun
dispense is spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-S-E (8 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dispense is a French feminine noun meaning “dispensation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of dispenser. With an accent, dispensé is a different word: “past participle of dispenser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exemption, acte par lequel on dispense une personne de quelque chose”.
What does dispense mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedispensation
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of dispenser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Exemption, acte par lequel on dispense une personne de quelque chose. 2. Pièce qui constate l’exemption. 3. Mot masculin Permission de faire une chose contraire à ce qui est prescrit.
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 dispense
- dispenses plural
- dispensée feminine
- dispensés masculine plural
- dispensées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to dispense
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dispense in French?
dispense appears 2.9 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).