emballer
French, verb/ɑ̃.ba.le/
emballer is spelled E-M-B-A-L-L-E-R (8 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 21,266th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emballer is a French verb meaning “to pack up; to wrap up; to parcel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre en balle des objets en vue du transport”.
What does emballer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pack up; to wrap up; to parcel
- 2
colloquialto thrill, to turn on
Cela ne m'emballe pas.
- 3
to race
- 4
to bolt
- 5
colloquialto get carried away
February 6 2009, Le Point, Nicolas Sarkozy : "Je maintiens ma confiance" en Bernard Kouchner Un monsieur fait un livre, il ne m'appartient pas de juger de la qualité de ce livre. Dans ce livre, ce monsieur dit que Bernard Kouchner n'a rien
- 6
colloquialto get ahead of oneself, to get one's hopes up
- 7
colloquialto make out with someone
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre en balle des objets en vue du transport. 2. Faire partir quelqu’un en voiture, ou le voir monter en voiture pour un voyage. 3. Ravir de surprise, d’admiration ; entraîner. 4. Séduire, pour amener au flirt.
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 emballer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- emballant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- emballé participle past
- emballe first-person indicative present
- emballes indicative present second-person
- emballons first-person indicative plural
- emballez indicative plural present
- emballent indicative plural present
- emballais first-person imperfect indicative
- emballait imperfect indicative singular
- emballions first-person imperfect indicative
- emballiez imperfect indicative plural
- emballaient imperfect indicative plural
- emballai first-person historic indicative
- emballas historic indicative past
- emballa historic indicative past
- emballâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce emballer?
- /ɑ̃.ba.le/
- \ɑ̃.ba.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 emballer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is emballer in French?
emballer appears 1.9 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).