enferrer
French, verb/ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁe/
enferrer is spelled E-N-F-E-R-R-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enferrer is a French verb meaning “to pierce with the end of a sword or a bayonet or the like” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Percer avec la pointe d’une épée, d’une baïonnette, etc”.
What does enferrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pierce with the end of a sword or a bayonet or the like
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Percer avec la pointe d’une épée, d’une baïonnette, etc. 2. Placer des coins de fer dans les fissures des blocs d'ardoise dans le but de les fendre. 3. Avancer dans une situation de laquelle on n’arrive pas à sortir. 4. Se jeter sur l'épée de son adversaire.
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 enferrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- enferrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- enferré participle past
- enferre first-person indicative present
- enferres indicative present second-person
- enferrons first-person indicative plural
- enferrez indicative plural present
- enferrent indicative plural present
- enferrais first-person imperfect indicative
- enferrait imperfect indicative singular
- enferrions first-person imperfect indicative
- enferriez imperfect indicative plural
- enferraient imperfect indicative plural
- enferrai first-person historic indicative
- enferras historic indicative past
- enferra historic indicative past
- enferrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enferrer?
- /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁe/
- /ɑ̃.fe.ʁe/
- \ɑ̃.fe.ʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is enferrer in French?
enferrer appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).