infester
French, verb/ɛ̃.fɛs.te/
infester is spelled I-N-F-E-S-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infester is a French verb meaning “to infest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ravager par des irruptions ou par des courses hostiles (le sujet désigne un ensemble de personnes)”.
What does infester mean in English?
verb
- 1
to infest
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ravager par des irruptions ou par des courses hostiles (le sujet désigne un ensemble de personnes). 2. Envahir un endroit et y causer des désagréments, des dommages (le sujet désigne un animal ou une plante).
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 infester
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- infestant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- infesté participle past
- infeste first-person indicative present
- infestes indicative present second-person
- infestons first-person indicative plural
- infestez indicative plural present
- infestent indicative plural present
- infestais first-person imperfect indicative
- infestait imperfect indicative singular
- infestions first-person imperfect indicative
- infestiez imperfect indicative plural
- infestaient imperfect indicative plural
- infestai first-person historic indicative
- infestas historic indicative past
- infesta historic indicative past
- infestâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce infester?
- /ɛ̃.fɛs.te/
- \ɛ̃.fɛs.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is infester in French?
infester appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).