dispenser
French, verb/dis.pɑ̃.se/
dispenser is spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-S-E-R (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dispenser is a French verb meaning “to excuse, exempt (de from)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exempter de la règle ordinaire, par faveur spéciale, ou simplement exempter de quelque chose”.
What does dispenser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to excuse, exempt (de from)
- 2
to dispense, give out, radiate
- 3
to distribute, dispense
- 4
to avoid, refrain (de from)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Exempter de la règle ordinaire, par faveur spéciale, ou simplement exempter de quelque chose. 2. Distribuer. 3. S’exempter soi-même de quelque chose.
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 dispenser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- dispensant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- dispensé participle past
- dispense first-person indicative present
- dispenses indicative present second-person
- dispensons first-person indicative plural
- dispensez indicative plural present
- dispensent indicative plural present
- dispensais first-person imperfect indicative
- dispensait imperfect indicative singular
- dispensions first-person imperfect indicative
- dispensiez imperfect indicative plural
- dispensaient imperfect indicative plural
- dispensai first-person historic indicative
- dispensas historic indicative past
- dispensa historic indicative past
- dispensâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dispenser?
- /dis.pɑ̃.se/
- \dis.pɑ̃.se\
- [dis.pɑ̃.se]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dispenser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dispenser in French?
dispenser appears 1.5 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).