éprendre
French, verb/e.pʁɑ̃dʁ/
éprendre is spelled É-P-R-E-N-D-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éprendre is a French verb meaning “to become enamoured with, fall in love with” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se prendre de passion pour une personne, pour une chose”.
What does éprendre mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto burn
- 2
to become enamoured with, fall in love with
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Se prendre de passion pour une personne, pour une chose.
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 éprendre
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- éprenant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- épris participle past
- éprends first-person indicative present
- éprend indicative present singular
- éprenons first-person indicative plural
- éprenez indicative plural present
- éprennent indicative plural present
- éprenais first-person imperfect indicative
- éprenait imperfect indicative singular
- éprenions first-person imperfect indicative
- épreniez imperfect indicative plural
- éprenaient imperfect indicative plural
- éprit historic indicative past
- éprîmes first-person historic indicative
- éprîtes historic indicative past
- éprirent historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce éprendre?
- /e.pʁɑ̃dʁ/
- \e.pʁɑ̃dʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is éprendre in French?
éprendre appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).