informer
French, verb/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me/
informer is spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-E-R (8 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,565th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Informer is a French verb meaning “to inform; to enlighten; to impart knowledge (upon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instruire de quelque chose ; faire savoir quelque chose”.
What does informer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to inform; to enlighten; to impart knowledge (upon)
Il m'a informé de la situation présente.
- 2
to inquire; to ask; to get information
Je me suis informé auprès de mon avocat.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Instruire de quelque chose ; faire savoir quelque chose. 2. Transmettre ou publier une information. 3. Donner forme ou sens à quelque chose. 4. Procéder à l'instruction d'une affaire.
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 informer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- informant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- informé participle past
- informe first-person indicative present
- informes indicative present second-person
- informons first-person indicative plural
- informez indicative plural present
- informent indicative plural present
- informais first-person imperfect indicative
- informait imperfect indicative singular
- informions first-person imperfect indicative
- informiez imperfect indicative plural
- informaient imperfect indicative plural
- informai first-person historic indicative
- informas historic indicative past
- informa historic indicative past
- informâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce informer?
- /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me/
- \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me\
- [ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to informer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is informer in French?
informer appears 16 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).