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estimer

French, verb/ɛs.ti.me/

estimer is a French verb meaning “to estimate, to calculate roughly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Priser quelque chose, en apprécier, en déterminer la valeur”.

What does estimer mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to estimate, to calculate roughly

  2. 2

    to esteem, to hold in high regard

  3. 3

    to give some thought to, to consider

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Priser quelque chose, en apprécier, en déterminer la valeur. 2. Avoir une opinion avantageuse de quelqu’un, de quelque chose; en faire cas. 3. Croire ; conjecturer ; présumer ; penser. 4. Évaluer par approximation.

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 estimer

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • estimant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • estimé participle past
  • estime first-person indicative present
  • ɛs.tim first-person indicative present
  • estimes indicative present second-person
  • estimons first-person indicative plural
  • estimez indicative plural present
  • estiment indicative plural present
  • estimais first-person imperfect indicative
  • estimait imperfect indicative singular
  • estimions first-person imperfect indicative
  • estimiez imperfect indicative plural
  • estimaient imperfect indicative plural
  • estimai first-person historic indicative
  • estimas historic indicative past
  • estima historic indicative past

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce estimer?

  • /ɛs.ti.me/
  • \ɛs.ti.me\
  • [ɛs.ti.me]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to estimer

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is estimer in French?

estimer appears 8.5 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).