dompter
French, verb/dɔ̃.te/
dompter is spelled D-O-M-P-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 31,863rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dompter is a French verb meaning “to tame (a wild animal), break in (a horse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réduire sous son obéissance un animal sauvage”.
What does dompter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tame (a wild animal), break in (a horse)
dompter un cheval
- 2
to tame, to subdue, to suppress (rebellion, uprising, emotions etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Réduire sous son obéissance un animal sauvage. 2. Faire obéir. 3. Dominer, maitriser, soumettre ou vaincre.
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 dompter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- domptant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- dompté participle past
- dompte first-person indicative present
- domptes indicative present second-person
- domptons first-person indicative plural
- domptez indicative plural present
- domptent indicative plural present
- domptais first-person imperfect indicative
- domptait imperfect indicative singular
- domptions first-person imperfect indicative
- domptiez imperfect indicative plural
- domptaient imperfect indicative plural
- domptai first-person historic indicative
- domptas historic indicative past
- dompta historic indicative past
- domptâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dompter?
- /dɔ̃.te/
- /dɔ̃p.te/
- \dɔ̃.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 dompter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dompter in French?
dompter appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).