givrer
French, verb/ʒi.vʁe/
givrer is a French verb meaning “to ice up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couvrir de givre”.
What does givrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ice up
- 2
to glaze
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Couvrir de givre. 2. Recouvrir d'une fine pellicule le bord d'un verre pour le décorer. 3. Produire des cristaux de glace dans un liquide (en particulier pour les margaritas). 4. Se couvrir de givre.
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 givrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- givrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- givré participle past
- givre first-person indicative present
- givres indicative present second-person
- givrons first-person indicative plural
- givrez indicative plural present
- givrent indicative plural present
- givrais first-person imperfect indicative
- givrait imperfect indicative singular
- givrions first-person imperfect indicative
- givriez imperfect indicative plural
- givraient imperfect indicative plural
- givrai first-person historic indicative
- givras historic indicative past
- givra historic indicative past
- givrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce givrer?
- /ʒi.vʁe/
- \ʒi.vʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is givrer in French?
givrer appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).