figurer
French, verb/fi.ɡy.ʁe/
figurer is spelled F-I-G-U-R-E-R (7 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written French, the 10,141st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Figurer is a French verb meaning “to appear (in a list, etc.), to be included; to represent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Représenter par le dessin, par la peinture, par la sculpture, etc”.
What does figurer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to appear (in a list, etc.), to be included; to represent
- 2
to imagine, picture
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Représenter par le dessin, par la peinture, par la sculpture, etc. 2. Donner l'apparence d'une chose 3. Représenter par un symbole. 4. Représenter des personnages accessoires et ordinairement muets.
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 figurer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- figurant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- figuré participle past
- figure first-person indicative present
- figures indicative present second-person
- figurons first-person indicative plural
- figurez indicative plural present
- figurent indicative plural present
- figurais first-person imperfect indicative
- figurait imperfect indicative singular
- figurions first-person imperfect indicative
- figuriez imperfect indicative plural
- figuraient imperfect indicative plural
- figurai first-person historic indicative
- figuras historic indicative past
- figura historic indicative past
- figurâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce figurer?
- /fi.ɡy.ʁe/
- \fi.ɡy.ʁe\
- [fi.ɡy.ʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is figurer in French?
figurer appears 5.8 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).