délivrer
French, verb/de.li.vʁe/
délivrer is a French verb meaning “to set free” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre libre de ce qui oppresse, de ce qui fait souffrir, de ce qui incommode”.
What does délivrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to set free
- 2
to deliver (a message)
- 3
to deliver a child
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre libre de ce qui oppresse, de ce qui fait souffrir, de ce qui incommode. 2. Débarrasser une femme ou une femelle de l’arrière-faix, du placenta, après l’accouchement ou la mise bas. 3. Accoucher. 4. Livrer, mettre ou remettre entre les mains. – Note d’usage : Dans le commerce, on dit plutôt livrer.
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 délivrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- délivrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- délivré participle past
- délivre first-person indicative present
- délivres indicative present second-person
- délivrons first-person indicative plural
- délivrez indicative plural present
- délivrent indicative plural present
- délivrais first-person imperfect indicative
- délivrait imperfect indicative singular
- délivrions first-person imperfect indicative
- délivriez imperfect indicative plural
- délivraient imperfect indicative plural
- délivrai first-person historic indicative
- délivras historic indicative past
- délivra historic indicative past
- délivrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce délivrer?
- /de.li.vʁe/
- \de.li.vʁe\
- [de.li.vʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to délivrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is délivrer in French?
délivrer appears 5.8 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).