implorer
French, verb/ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁe/
implorer is spelled I-M-P-L-O-R-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Implorer is a French verb meaning “to beg, to plead, to implore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Demander humblement et avec instance, secours, faveur, ou grâce”.
What does implorer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to beg, to plead, to implore
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Demander humblement et avec instance, secours, faveur, ou grâce.
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 implorer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- implorant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- imploré participle past
- implore first-person indicative present
- implores indicative present second-person
- implorons first-person indicative plural
- implorez indicative plural present
- implorent indicative plural present
- implorais first-person imperfect indicative
- implorait imperfect indicative singular
- implorions first-person imperfect indicative
- imploriez imperfect indicative plural
- imploraient imperfect indicative plural
- implorai first-person historic indicative
- imploras historic indicative past
- implora historic indicative past
- implorâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce implorer?
- /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁe/
- \ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁe\
- [ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to implorer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is implorer in French?
implorer appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).