estamper
French, verb/ɛs.tɑ̃.pe/
estamper is a French verb meaning “to emboss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire une empreinte d’une matière dure et gravée sur une matière plus molle”.
What does estamper mean in English?
verb
- 1
to emboss
- 2
to stamp (mark by pressing quickly and heavily)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire une empreinte d’une matière dure et gravée sur une matière plus molle. 2. Prendre l’empreinte d'une inscription. 3. Former, empreindre des figures, sur le cuir, pour en faire des tapisseries, des ornements, etc. 4. Étamper, faire les trous, dans un fer à cheval, pour le passage des clous.
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 estamper
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- estampant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- estampé participle past
- estampe first-person indicative present
- estampes indicative present second-person
- estampons first-person indicative plural
- estampez indicative plural present
- estampent indicative plural present
- estampais first-person imperfect indicative
- estampait imperfect indicative singular
- estampions first-person imperfect indicative
- estampiez imperfect indicative plural
- estampaient imperfect indicative plural
- estampai first-person historic indicative
- estampas historic indicative past
- estampa historic indicative past
- estampâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estamper?
- /ɛs.tɑ̃.pe/
- \ɛs.tɑ̃.pe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estamper
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estamper in French?
estamper appears about once in every 49 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).