entr'apercevoir
French, verb\ɑ̃.tʁ‿a.pɛʁ.sə.vwaʁ\
entr'apercevoir is spelled E-N-T-R-A-P-E-R-C-E-V-O-I-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entr'apercevoir is a French verb meaning “Pre-1990 spelling of entrapercevoir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Apercevoir incomplètement ou indistinctement ou pendant un court espace de temps”.
What does entr'apercevoir mean in English?
verb
- 1
Pre-1990 spelling of entrapercevoir.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Apercevoir incomplètement ou indistinctement ou pendant un court espace de temps.
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 entr'apercevoir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- entr'apercevant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- entr'aperçu participle past
- entr'aperçois first-person indicative present
- entr'aperçoit indicative present singular
- entr'apercevons first-person indicative plural
- entr'apercevez indicative plural present
- entr'aperçoivent indicative plural present
- entr'apercevais first-person imperfect indicative
- entr'apercevait imperfect indicative singular
- entr'apercevions first-person imperfect indicative
- entr'aperceviez imperfect indicative plural
- entr'apercevaient imperfect indicative plural
- entr'aperçus first-person historic indicative
- entr'aperçut historic indicative past
- entr'aperçûmes first-person historic indicative
- entr'aperçûtes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entr'apercevoir?
- \ɑ̃.tʁ‿a.pɛʁ.sə.vwaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entr'apercevoir in French?
entr'apercevoir appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).