forcer
French, verb/fɔʁ.se/
forcer is spelled F-O-R-C-E-R (6 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forcer is a French verb meaning “to force” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Briser, rompre, ouvrir quelque chose avec violence”.
What does forcer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to force
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Briser, rompre, ouvrir quelque chose avec violence. 2. Fausser, tordre, détériorer par une manœuvre violente. 3. Prendre par force, enfoncer. 4. Contraindre ou obliger à quelque chose.
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 forcer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- forçant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- forcé participle past
- force first-person indicative present
- forces indicative present second-person
- forçons first-person indicative plural
- forcez indicative plural present
- forcent indicative plural present
- forçais first-person imperfect indicative
- forçait imperfect indicative singular
- forcions first-person imperfect indicative
- forciez imperfect indicative plural
- forçaient imperfect indicative plural
- forçai first-person historic indicative
- forças historic indicative past
- força historic indicative past
- forçâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce forcer?
- /fɔʁ.se/
- \fɔʁ.se\
- [fɔʁ.se]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to forcer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is forcer in French?
forcer appears 19 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).