intercepter
French, verb/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛp.te/
intercepter is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-E-P-T-E-R (11 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 21,266th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intercepter is a French verb meaning “to intercept” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arrêter, interrompre le cours direct de quelque chose”.
What does intercepter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to intercept
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Arrêter, interrompre le cours direct de quelque chose. 2. S’emparer par surprise de ce qui est adressé, envoyé à quelqu’un.
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 intercepter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- interceptant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- intercepté participle past
- intercepte first-person indicative present
- interceptes indicative present second-person
- interceptons first-person indicative plural
- interceptez indicative plural present
- interceptent indicative plural present
- interceptais first-person imperfect indicative
- interceptait imperfect indicative singular
- interceptions first-person imperfect indicative
- interceptiez imperfect indicative plural
- interceptaient imperfect indicative plural
- interceptai first-person historic indicative
- interceptas historic indicative past
- intercepta historic indicative past
- interceptâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intercepter?
- /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛp.te/
- \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛp.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 intercepter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intercepter in French?
intercepter appears 1.9 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).