enterrer
French, verb/ɑ̃.tɛ.ʁe/
enterrer is a French verb meaning “to bury (put underground); to inter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enfouir ; mettre dans la terre”.
What does enterrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bury (put underground); to inter
- 2
to ditch, to bury (a plan, a memory, a legislative proposal, etc.)
- 3
to outlive, to survive (someone)
- 4
to hide
enterrer son secret
- 5
to enjoy something before it is gone
enterrer sa vie de garçon
- 6
to seclude oneself, to withdraw from the world to live in a remote location
- 7
(of a horse) to carry the head very low
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Enfouir ; mettre dans la terre. 2. Inhumer, mettre un corps en terre. 3. Tuer en mettant en terre. 4. Survivre à quelqu’un.
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 enterrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- enterrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- enterré participle past
- enterre first-person indicative present
- enterres indicative present second-person
- enterrons first-person indicative plural
- enterrez indicative plural present
- enterrent indicative plural present
- enterrais first-person imperfect indicative
- enterrait imperfect indicative singular
- enterrions first-person imperfect indicative
- enterriez imperfect indicative plural
- enterraient imperfect indicative plural
- enterrai first-person historic indicative
- enterras historic indicative past
- enterra historic indicative past
- enterrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enterrer?
- /ɑ̃.tɛ.ʁe/
- /ɑ̃.te.ʁe/
- /ɑ̃.te.re/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enterrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enterrer in French?
enterrer appears 4.6 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).