emplâtrer
French, verb/ɑ̃.pla.tʁe/
emplâtrer is spelled E-M-P-L-Â-T-R-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emplâtrer is a French verb meaning “to apply a plaster on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poser un emplâtre à”.
What does emplâtrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to apply a plaster on
- 2
to penetrate (sexually)
- 3
to pocket (money)
- 4
slangto fight
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poser un emplâtre à. 2. Obturer une ouverture avec du papier et du plâtre. 3. Pénétrer. 4. Empocher (de l’argent).
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 emplâtrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- emplâtrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- emplâtré participle past
- emplâtre first-person indicative present
- emplâtres indicative present second-person
- emplâtrons first-person indicative plural
- emplâtrez indicative plural present
- emplâtrent indicative plural present
- emplâtrais first-person imperfect indicative
- emplâtrait imperfect indicative singular
- emplâtrions first-person imperfect indicative
- emplâtriez imperfect indicative plural
- emplâtraient imperfect indicative plural
- emplâtrai first-person historic indicative
- emplâtras historic indicative past
- emplâtra historic indicative past
- emplâtrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce emplâtrer?
- /ɑ̃.pla.tʁe/
- /ɑ̃.plɑ.tʁe/
- \ɑ̃.plɑ.tʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is emplâtrer in French?
emplâtrer appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).