entourer
French, verb/ɑ̃.tu.ʁe/
entourer is spelled E-N-T-O-U-R-E-R (8 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entourer is a French verb meaning “to surround” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre ou disposer autour ; être ou se tenir autour de ; cerner”.
What does entourer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to surround
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre ou disposer autour ; être ou se tenir autour de ; cerner. 2. Environner. 3. Former la société, la compagnie habituelle de quelqu’un. 4. Réunir autour de soi, admettre dans son intimité, dans sa confiance.
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 entourer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- entourant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- entouré participle past
- entoure first-person indicative present
- entoures indicative present second-person
- entourons first-person indicative plural
- entourez indicative plural present
- entourent indicative plural present
- entourais first-person imperfect indicative
- entourait imperfect indicative singular
- entourions first-person imperfect indicative
- entouriez imperfect indicative plural
- entouraient imperfect indicative plural
- entourai first-person historic indicative
- entouras historic indicative past
- entoura historic indicative past
- entourâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entourer?
- /ɑ̃.tu.ʁe/
- \ɑ̃.tu.ʁe\
- [ɑ̃.tu.ʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entourer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entourer in French?
entourer appears 2.9 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).