épicer
French, verb/e.pi.se/
épicer is a French verb meaning “to spice, to add spice to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Assaisonner avec des épices”.
What does épicer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spice, to add spice to
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Assaisonner avec des épices. 2. En parlant d'une conversation, d'une publication, ajouter des traits gaillards et lestes.
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 épicer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- épiçant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- épicé participle past
- épice first-person indicative present
- épices indicative present second-person
- épiçons first-person indicative plural
- épicez indicative plural present
- épicent indicative plural present
- épiçais first-person imperfect indicative
- épiçait imperfect indicative singular
- épicions first-person imperfect indicative
- épiciez imperfect indicative plural
- épiçaient imperfect indicative plural
- épiçai first-person historic indicative
- épiças historic indicative past
- épiça historic indicative past
- épiçâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce épicer?
- /e.pi.se/
- \e.pi.se\
- [e.pi.ɬ͡se]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to épicer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is épicer in French?
épicer appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).