humecter
French, verb/y.mɛk.te/
humecter is spelled H-U-M-E-C-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Humecter is a French verb meaning “to moisten (make slightly wet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre humide”.
What does humecter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to moisten (make slightly wet)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre humide.
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 humecter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- humectant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- humecté participle past
- humecte first-person indicative present
- humectes indicative present second-person
- humectons first-person indicative plural
- humectez indicative plural present
- humectent indicative plural present
- humectais first-person imperfect indicative
- humectait imperfect indicative singular
- humections first-person imperfect indicative
- humectiez imperfect indicative plural
- humectaient imperfect indicative plural
- humectai first-person historic indicative
- humectas historic indicative past
- humecta historic indicative past
- humectâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce humecter?
- /y.mɛk.te/
- ^((h muet))\y.mɛk.te\
- \y.mɛk.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to humecter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is humecter in French?
humecter appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).