grimper
French, verb/ɡʁɛ̃.pe/
grimper is spelled G-R-I-M-P-E-R (7 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written French, the 9,981st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grimper is a French verb meaning “(climbing) to climb, climb up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gravir, monter en s’agrippant”.
What does grimper mean in English?
verb
- 1
(climbing) to climb, climb up
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Gravir, monter en s’agrippant. 2. S’élever en s’accrochant aux corps voisins, en parlant de la tige d’une plante. 3. Monter avec peine. 4. S’emballer, réagir vivement.
noun: 1. Action consistant à grimper.
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 grimper
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- grimpant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- grimpé participle past
- grimpe first-person indicative present
- grimpes indicative present second-person
- grimpons first-person indicative plural
- grimpez indicative plural present
- grimpent indicative plural present
- grimpais first-person imperfect indicative
- grimpait imperfect indicative singular
- grimpions first-person imperfect indicative
- grimpiez imperfect indicative plural
- grimpaient imperfect indicative plural
- grimpai first-person historic indicative
- grimpas historic indicative past
- grimpa historic indicative past
- grimpâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grimper?
- /ɡʁɛ̃.pe/
- \ɡʁɛ̃.pe\
- [ɡʁɛ̃.pe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grimper
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grimper in French?
grimper appears 5.9 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).