établir
French, verb/e.ta.bliʁ/
établir is spelled É-T-A-B-L-I-R (7 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written French, the 2,473rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Établir is a French verb meaning “to make out (a bill), to draw up (a document etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Asseoir et fixer une chose en un endroit, l’y rendre stable”.
What does établir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make out (a bill), to draw up (a document etc.)
- 2
to establish, to set up (a business, government, camp, reputation etc.)
- 3
to demonstrate, establish (a fact, responsibility)
- 4
to set (a record)
- 5
to institute (a rule)
- 6
to settle down
- 7
(+ preposition à) to stand at (about a statistic)
- 8
to colonize
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Asseoir et fixer une chose en un endroit, l’y rendre stable. 2. Installer. 3. Mettre dans un état, dans un emploi avantageux, dans une condition stable. 4. Donner en mariage, en parlant d'une fille.
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 établir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- établissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- établi participle past
- établis first-person indicative present
- établit indicative present singular
- établissons first-person indicative plural
- établissez indicative plural present
- établissent indicative plural present
- établissais first-person imperfect indicative
- établissait imperfect indicative singular
- établissions first-person imperfect indicative
- établissiez imperfect indicative plural
- établissaient imperfect indicative plural
- établîmes first-person historic indicative
- établîtes historic indicative past
- établirent historic indicative past
- établirai first-person future indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce établir?
- /e.ta.bliʁ/
- \e.ta.bliʁ\
- [e.ta.bliʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to établir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is établir in French?
établir appears 33 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).