empester
French, verb/ɑ̃.pɛs.te/
empester is spelled E-M-P-E-S-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empester is a French verb meaning “to infect with a pest or with a contagious disease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Infecter de la peste ou de certaines maladies contagieuses”.
What does empester mean in English?
verb
- 1
to infect with a pest or with a contagious disease
- 2
to cause to stink, to cause to reek (of)
- 3
to stink, reek of
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Infecter de la peste ou de certaines maladies contagieuses. 2. Empuantir, infecter d’une odeur désagréable. 3. Corrompre les esprits et les cœurs par de mauvaises doctrines.
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 empester
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- empestant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- empesté participle past
- empeste first-person indicative present
- empestes indicative present second-person
- empestons first-person indicative plural
- empestez indicative plural present
- empestent indicative plural present
- empestais first-person imperfect indicative
- empestait imperfect indicative singular
- empestions first-person imperfect indicative
- empestiez imperfect indicative plural
- empestaient imperfect indicative plural
- empestai first-person historic indicative
- empestas historic indicative past
- empesta historic indicative past
- empestâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empester?
- /ɑ̃.pɛs.te/
- \ɑ̃.pɛs.te\
- [ɑ̃.pɛs.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 empester
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empester in French?
empester appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).