éprouvé
French, verb
éprouvé is spelled É-P-R-O-U-V-É (7 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written French, the 11,366th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éprouvé is a French verb meaning “past participle of éprouver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, éprouve is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does éprouvé mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of éprouver
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a beaucoup souffert. 2. Qui a fait ses preuves.
noun: 1. Vécu, ressenti.
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 éprouvé
- éprouvée feminine
- éprouvés masculine plural
- éprouvées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to éprouvé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is éprouvé in French?
éprouvé appears 4.9 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).