disputer
French, verb/dis.py.te/
disputer is spelled D-I-S-P-U-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Disputer is a French verb meaning “to dispute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être en discussion plus ou moins vive à propos d’opinions, d’intérêts”.
What does disputer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dispute
Ils se sont encore disputés l'autre soir.
- 2
to take part in
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Être en discussion plus ou moins vive à propos d’opinions, d’intérêts. 2. Contester pour obtenir ou pour conserver quelque chose. 3. Soutenir avec force son opinion, ses intérêts ou ceux d’autrui. 4. Gronder ; réprimander.
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 disputer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- disputant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- disputé participle past
- dispute first-person indicative present
- disputes indicative present second-person
- disputons first-person indicative plural
- disputez indicative plural present
- disputent indicative plural present
- disputais first-person imperfect indicative
- disputait imperfect indicative singular
- disputions first-person imperfect indicative
- disputiez imperfect indicative plural
- disputaient imperfect indicative plural
- disputai first-person historic indicative
- disputas historic indicative past
- disputa historic indicative past
- disputâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce disputer?
- /dis.py.te/
- \dis.py.te\
- [dis.py.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 disputer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is disputer in French?
disputer appears 8.3 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).