équilibrer
French, verb/e.ki.li.bʁe/
équilibrer is spelled É-Q-U-I-L-I-B-R-E-R (10 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written French, the 17,096th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Équilibrer is a French verb meaning “to balance, make balanced, to equilibrize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre ou tenir en équilibre”.
What does équilibrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to balance, make balanced, to equilibrize
- 2
to counterbalance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre ou tenir en équilibre.
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 équilibrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- équilibrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- équilibré participle past
- équilibre first-person indicative present
- équilibres indicative present second-person
- équilibrons first-person indicative plural
- équilibrez indicative plural present
- équilibrent indicative plural present
- équilibrais first-person imperfect indicative
- équilibrait imperfect indicative singular
- équilibrions first-person imperfect indicative
- équilibriez imperfect indicative plural
- équilibraient imperfect indicative plural
- équilibrai first-person historic indicative
- équilibras historic indicative past
- équilibra historic indicative past
- équilibrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce équilibrer?
- /e.ki.li.bʁe/
- \e.ki.li.bʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to équilibrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is équilibrer in French?
équilibrer appears 2.7 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).