engrosser
French, verb/ɑ̃.ɡʁo.se/
engrosser is spelled E-N-G-R-O-S-S-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 89,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engrosser is a French verb meaning “to impregnate, to knock up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre une femme enceinte”.
What does engrosser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to impregnate, to knock up
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre une femme enceinte. 2. Se compléter, s'enrichir.
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 engrosser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- engrossant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- engrossé participle past
- engrosse first-person indicative present
- engrosses indicative present second-person
- engrossons first-person indicative plural
- engrossez indicative plural present
- engrossent indicative plural present
- engrossais first-person imperfect indicative
- engrossait imperfect indicative singular
- engrossions first-person imperfect indicative
- engrossiez imperfect indicative plural
- engrossaient imperfect indicative plural
- engrossai first-person historic indicative
- engrossas historic indicative past
- engrossa historic indicative past
- engrossâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engrosser?
- /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.se/
- \ɑ̃.ɡʁo.se\
- [ɑ̃ɡʁɔɬ͡se]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to engrosser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engrosser in French?
engrosser appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).