épargner
French, verb/e.paʁ.ɲe/
épargner is spelled É-P-A-R-G-N-E-R (8 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written French, the 10,464th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Épargner is a French verb meaning “to save (time, money etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ménager quelque chose, ne l’employer qu’avec réserve”.
What does épargner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to save (time, money etc.)
il faut épargner sur la nourriture
- 2
to save, spare (someone from something)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ménager quelque chose, ne l’employer qu’avec réserve. 2. Dispenser ou préserver quelqu’un d’une chose, ne pas la lui laisser éprouver, ne pas la lui faire subir. 3. Laisser la vie sauve. 4. Ne pas porter atteinte.
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 épargner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- épargnant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- épargné participle past
- épargne first-person indicative present
- épargnes indicative present second-person
- épargnons first-person indicative plural
- épargnez indicative plural present
- épargnent indicative plural present
- épargnais first-person imperfect indicative
- épargnait imperfect indicative singular
- épargnions first-person imperfect indicative
- épargniez imperfect indicative plural
- épargnaient imperfect indicative plural
- épargnai first-person historic indicative
- épargnas historic indicative past
- épargna historic indicative past
- épargnâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce épargner?
- /e.paʁ.ɲe/
- \e.paʁ.ɲe\
- [e.paʁ.ɲe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to épargner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is épargner in French?
épargner appears 5.5 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).