ensoleiller
French, verb/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.je/
ensoleiller is spelled E-N-S-O-L-E-I-L-L-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ensoleiller is a French verb meaning “to fill with light, to brighten, to illuminate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Remplir de lumière”.
What does ensoleiller mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fill with light, to brighten, to illuminate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Remplir de lumière.
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 ensoleiller
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- ensoleillant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- ensoleillé participle past
- ensoleille first-person indicative present
- ensoleilles indicative present second-person
- ensoleillons first-person indicative plural
- ensoleillez indicative plural present
- ensoleillent indicative plural present
- ensoleillais first-person imperfect indicative
- ensoleillait imperfect indicative singular
- ensoleillions first-person imperfect indicative
- ensoleilliez imperfect indicative plural
- ensoleillaient imperfect indicative plural
- ensoleillai first-person historic indicative
- ensoleillas historic indicative past
- ensoleilla historic indicative past
- ensoleillâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ensoleiller?
- /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.je/
- /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.je/
- \ɑ̃.sɔ.le.je\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ensoleiller in French?
ensoleiller appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).