inquiéter
French, verb/ɛ̃.kje.te/
inquiéter is spelled I-N-Q-U-I-É-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inquiéter is a French verb meaning “to worry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre inquiet”.
What does inquiéter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to worry
Cette nouvelle m'inquiète.
- 2
to be worried, to worry
Ne t'inquiète pas!
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre inquiet. 2. Ne pas laisser en repos. 3. Troubler quelqu’un dans la possession d’une chose, lui faire un procès, lui chercher querelle. 4. S'occuper ; se préoccuper ; être inquiet.
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 inquiéter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- inquiétant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- inquiété participle past
- inquiète first-person indicative present
- inquiètes indicative present second-person
- inquiétons first-person indicative plural
- inquiétez indicative plural present
- inquiètent indicative plural present
- inquiétais first-person imperfect indicative
- inquiétait imperfect indicative singular
- inquiétions first-person imperfect indicative
- inquiétiez imperfect indicative plural
- inquiétaient imperfect indicative plural
- inquiétai first-person historic indicative
- inquiétas historic indicative past
- inquiéta historic indicative past
- inquiétâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inquiéter?
- /ɛ̃.kje.te/
- \ɛ̃.kje.te\
- [ɛ̃.kje.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inquiéter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inquiéter in French?
inquiéter appears 10 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).