illustrer
French, verb/i.lys.tʁe/
illustrer is spelled I-L-L-U-S-T-R-E-R (9 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written French, the 9,289th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Illustrer is a French verb meaning “to illustrate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre illustre”.
What does illustrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to illustrate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre illustre. 2. Orner de gravures et de dessins un livre, un journal. 3. Rendre une idée saisissante par un exemple.
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 illustrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- illustrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- illustré participle past
- illustre first-person indicative present
- illustres indicative present second-person
- illustrons first-person indicative plural
- illustrez indicative plural present
- illustrent indicative plural present
- illustrais first-person imperfect indicative
- illustrait imperfect indicative singular
- illustrions first-person imperfect indicative
- illustriez imperfect indicative plural
- illustraient imperfect indicative plural
- illustrai first-person historic indicative
- illustras historic indicative past
- illustra historic indicative past
- illustrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce illustrer?
- /i.lys.tʁe/
- \i.lys.tʁe\
- [i.lys.tʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to illustrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is illustrer in French?
illustrer appears 6.5 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).