exploiter
French, verb/ɛk.splwa.te/
exploiter is spelled E-X-P-L-O-I-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exploiter is a French verb meaning “to exploit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire valoir une chose, en tirer le profit du produit”.
What does exploiter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to exploit
- 2
to operate
La Société de transport de Montréal exploite un réseau de 68 stations de métro.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire valoir une chose, en tirer le profit du produit. 2. Tirer des profits illicites. 3. Tirer profit de quelqu'un. 4. Utiliser habilement à son profit.
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 exploiter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- exploitant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- exploité participle past
- exploite first-person indicative present
- exploites indicative present second-person
- exploitons first-person indicative plural
- exploitez indicative plural present
- exploitent indicative plural present
- exploitais first-person imperfect indicative
- exploitait imperfect indicative singular
- exploitions first-person imperfect indicative
- exploitiez imperfect indicative plural
- exploitaient imperfect indicative plural
- exploitai first-person historic indicative
- exploitas historic indicative past
- exploita historic indicative past
- exploitâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exploiter?
- /ɛk.splwa.te/
- \ɛks.plwa.te\
- [ɛks.plwa.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to exploiter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exploiter in French?
exploiter 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).