engager
French, verb/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe/
engager is spelled E-N-G-A-G-E-R (7 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 3,067th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engager is a French verb meaning “to pledge, commit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre en gage, donner en gage”.
What does engager mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pledge, commit
- 2
to hire, sign, snap up
- 3
to involve
- 4
to encourage
- 5
to pawn
- 6
to enlist
- 7
to enter into (e.g., a conversation)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre en gage, donner en gage. 2. Donner pour assurance. 3. Servir de caution à quelqu’un. 4. Lier par une promesse qui doit être exécutée, par une convention qui doit être respectée.
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 engager
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- engageant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- engagé participle past
- engage first-person indicative present
- engages indicative present second-person
- engageons first-person indicative plural
- engagez indicative plural present
- engagent indicative plural present
- engageais first-person imperfect indicative
- engageait imperfect indicative singular
- engagions first-person imperfect indicative
- engagiez imperfect indicative plural
- engageaient imperfect indicative plural
- engageai first-person historic indicative
- engageas historic indicative past
- engagea historic indicative past
- engageâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engager?
- /ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe/
- \ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe\
- [ɑ̃.ga.ʒe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to engager
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engager in French?
engager appears 26 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).