endurcir
French, verb/ɑ̃.dyʁ.siʁ/
endurcir is spelled E-N-D-U-R-C-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 67,389th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Endurcir is a French verb meaning “to harden (make harder)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre dur”.
What does endurcir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to harden (make harder)
- 2
to harden, inure
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre dur. 2. Rendre fort, rendre robuste. 3. Accoutumer à ce qui est dur, fâcheux, pénible. 4. Contracter une mauvaise habitude, au point de n’en avoir ni honte, ni remords.
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 endurcir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- endurcissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- endurci participle past
- endurcis first-person indicative present
- endurcit indicative present singular
- endurcissons first-person indicative plural
- endurcissez indicative plural present
- endurcissent indicative plural present
- endurcissais first-person imperfect indicative
- endurcissait imperfect indicative singular
- endurcissions first-person imperfect indicative
- endurcissiez imperfect indicative plural
- endurcissaient imperfect indicative plural
- endurcîmes first-person historic indicative
- endurcîtes historic indicative past
- endurcirent historic indicative past
- endurcirai first-person future indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce endurcir?
- /ɑ̃.dyʁ.siʁ/
- \ɑ̃.dyʁ.siʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to endurcir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is endurcir in French?
endurcir appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).