inhiber
French, verb/i.ni.be/
inhiber is spelled I-N-H-I-B-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,838th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inhiber is a French verb meaning “to inhibit (to hinder; to restrain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Empêcher ou ralentir un processus physiologique”.
What does inhiber mean in English?
verb
- 1
to inhibit (to hinder; to restrain)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Empêcher ou ralentir un processus physiologique. 2. Empêcher ou ralentir une action quelconque. 3. Défendre, prohiber.
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 inhiber
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- inhibant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- inhibé participle past
- inhibe first-person indicative present
- inhibes indicative present second-person
- inhibons first-person indicative plural
- inhibez indicative plural present
- inhibent indicative plural present
- inhibais first-person imperfect indicative
- inhibait imperfect indicative singular
- inhibions first-person imperfect indicative
- inhibiez imperfect indicative plural
- inhibaient imperfect indicative plural
- inhibai first-person historic indicative
- inhibas historic indicative past
- inhiba historic indicative past
- inhibâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inhiber?
- /i.ni.be/
- \i.ni.be\
- [i.n̪i.be]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inhiber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inhiber in French?
inhiber appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).