garrotter
French, verb/ɡa.ʁɔ.te/
garrotter is spelled G-A-R-R-O-T-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written French, the 273,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garrotter is a French verb meaning “to bind, fasten strongly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lier, attacher avec de forts liens”.
What does garrotter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bind, fasten strongly
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Lier, attacher avec de forts liens. 2. Faire subir le supplice du garrot ; exécuter un condamné à mort par le moyen du garrot. 3. Prendre toutes les précautions, tous les moyens imaginables pour empêcher quelqu’un de manquer aux engagements qu’il contracte, aux obligations qui lui sont imposées.
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 garrotter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- garrottant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- garrotté participle past
- garrotte first-person indicative present
- garrottes indicative present second-person
- garrottons first-person indicative plural
- garrottez indicative plural present
- garrottent indicative plural present
- garrottais first-person imperfect indicative
- garrottait imperfect indicative singular
- garrottions first-person imperfect indicative
- garrottiez imperfect indicative plural
- garrottaient imperfect indicative plural
- garrottai first-person historic indicative
- garrottas historic indicative past
- garrotta historic indicative past
- garrottâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garrotter?
- /ɡa.ʁɔ.te/
- \ɡa.ʁɔ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is garrotter in French?
garrotter appears about once in every 76 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).