explorer
French, verb/ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/
explorer is spelled E-X-P-L-O-R-E-R (8 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,230th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Explorer is a French verb meaning “to explore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Parcourir une région inconnue qu’on vient de découvrir pour en connaître la situation, l’étendue, les mœurs…”.
What does explorer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to explore
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Parcourir une région inconnue qu’on vient de découvrir pour en connaître la situation, l’étendue, les mœurs, etc. 2. Examiner méthodiquement pour découvrir quelque chose ou quelqu'un. 3. Visiter, examiner les parties intérieures du corps, malades ou suspectes, à l’aide d’instruments ou de procédés spéciaux.
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 explorer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- explorant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- exploré participle past
- explore first-person indicative present
- explores indicative present second-person
- explorons first-person indicative plural
- explorez indicative plural present
- explorent indicative plural present
- explorais first-person imperfect indicative
- explorait imperfect indicative singular
- explorions first-person imperfect indicative
- exploriez imperfect indicative plural
- exploraient imperfect indicative plural
- explorai first-person historic indicative
- exploras historic indicative past
- explora historic indicative past
- explorâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce explorer?
- /ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/
- [ɛk.splɔ.ʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to explorer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is explorer in French?
explorer appears 14 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).