excuser
French, verb/ɛk.sky.ze/
excuser is spelled E-X-C-U-S-E-R (7 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Excuser is a French verb meaning “to excuse (to forgive, to pardon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Disculper dans une certaine mesure, présenter une personne ou une action comme moins coupable qu’elle ne…”.
What does excuser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to excuse (to forgive, to pardon)
Near-synonym: pardonner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Disculper dans une certaine mesure, présenter une personne ou une action comme moins coupable qu’elle ne semble. 2. Reconnaître une personne ou une action comme moins coupable qu’on ne l’avait cru, faire grâce. 3. Autoriser quelqu’un à ne pas faire une chose, dispenser d'une obligation.
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 excuser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- excusant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- excusé participle past
- excuse first-person indicative present
- excuses indicative present second-person
- excusons first-person indicative plural
- excusez indicative plural present
- excusent indicative plural present
- excusais first-person imperfect indicative
- excusait imperfect indicative singular
- excusions first-person imperfect indicative
- excusiez imperfect indicative plural
- excusaient imperfect indicative plural
- excusai first-person historic indicative
- excusas historic indicative past
- excusa historic indicative past
- excusâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce excuser?
- /ɛk.sky.ze/
- colloquial /ɛs.ky.ze/
- \ɛk.sky.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to excuser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is excuser in French?
excuser appears 12 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).