dissimuler
French, verb/di.si.my.le/
dissimuler is spelled D-I-S-S-I-M-U-L-E-R (10 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written French, the 13,986th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dissimuler is a French verb meaning “to hide, to conceal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cacher ses sentiments, ses desseins ou, par une conduite réservée, artificieuse, ne pas les laisser…”.
What does dissimuler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hide, to conceal
- 2
to hide
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cacher ses sentiments, ses desseins ou, par une conduite réservée, artificieuse, ne pas les laisser apercevoir. 2. Faire semblant de ne pas remarquer, de ne pas ressentir quelque chose. 3. Rendre moins apparent ou invisible ; cacher. 4. Ne pas s’avouer quelque chose ; ne pas le reconnaître.
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 dissimuler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- dissimulant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- dissimulé participle past
- dissimule first-person indicative present
- dissimules indicative present second-person
- dissimulons first-person indicative plural
- dissimulez indicative plural present
- dissimulent indicative plural present
- dissimulais first-person imperfect indicative
- dissimulait imperfect indicative singular
- dissimulions first-person imperfect indicative
- dissimuliez imperfect indicative plural
- dissimulaient imperfect indicative plural
- dissimulai first-person historic indicative
- dissimulas historic indicative past
- dissimula historic indicative past
- dissimulâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dissimuler?
- /di.si.my.le/
- \di.si.my.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dissimuler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dissimuler in French?
dissimuler appears 3.6 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).