envoyer
French, verb/ɑ̃.vwa.je/
envoyer is spelled E-N-V-O-Y-E-R (7 letters) and appears 72 times per million words in written French, the 1,164th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Envoyer is a French verb meaning “to send” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire partir quelqu’un ou faire porter quelque chose quelque part”.
What does envoyer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to send
- 2
to gulp down with relish
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire partir quelqu’un ou faire porter quelque chose quelque part. 2. Aller faire prendre des nouvelles de quelqu’un. 3. Nommer pour une assemblée. 4. Dispenser des bienfaits ou des méfaits aux humains, en parlant du destin, de la providence, des déités, etc.
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 envoyer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- envoyant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- envoyé participle past
- envoie first-person indicative present
- envoies indicative present second-person
- envoyons first-person indicative plural
- envoyez indicative plural present
- envoient indicative plural present
- envoyais first-person imperfect indicative
- envoyait imperfect indicative singular
- envoyions first-person imperfect indicative
- envoyiez imperfect indicative plural
- envoyaient imperfect indicative plural
- envoyai first-person historic indicative
- envoyas historic indicative past
- envoya historic indicative past
- envoyâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce envoyer?
- /ɑ̃.vwa.je/
- \ɑ̃.vwa.je\
- \ɑ̃vwaje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to envoyer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is envoyer in French?
envoyer appears 72 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).