embarquer
French, verb/ɑ̃.baʁ.ke/
embarquer is spelled E-M-B-A-R-Q-U-E-R (9 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written French, the 9,803rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embarquer is a French verb meaning “to board (a vehicle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire monter dans un véhicule ou sur quelque chose”.
What does embarquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to board (a vehicle)
- 2
to embark (to set off on a journey)
- 3
To embark (upon)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre dans une barque, dans un navire, dans un vaisseau, en parlant des hommes, des armes, des vivres, des marchandises, etc. 2. Faire monter dans un véhicule ou sur quelque chose. 3. Arrêter quelqu'un. 4. Laisser entrer de l’eau, en parlant d’un bateau, ou de l’eau qui entre dans le bateau.
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 embarquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- embarquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- embarqué participle past
- embarque first-person indicative present
- embarques indicative present second-person
- embarquons first-person indicative plural
- embarquez indicative plural present
- embarquent indicative plural present
- embarquais first-person imperfect indicative
- embarquait imperfect indicative singular
- embarquions first-person imperfect indicative
- embarquiez imperfect indicative plural
- embarquaient imperfect indicative plural
- embarquai first-person historic indicative
- embarquas historic indicative past
- embarqua historic indicative past
- embarquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embarquer?
- /ɑ̃.baʁ.ke/
- \ɑ̃.baʁ.ke\
- [ɑ̃.baʁ.ke]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embarquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embarquer in French?
embarquer appears 6.0 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).