interpénétrer
French, verb/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.ne.tʁe/
interpénétrer is spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-É-N-É-T-R-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interpénétrer is a French verb meaning “to interpenetrate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pénétrer les unes dans les autres, en parlant de deux ou plusieurs choses”.
What does interpénétrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to interpenetrate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pénétrer les unes dans les autres, en parlant de deux ou plusieurs choses.
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 interpénétrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- interpénétrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- interpénétré participle past
- interpénètre first-person indicative present
- interpénètres indicative present second-person
- interpénétrons first-person indicative plural
- interpénétrez indicative plural present
- interpénètrent indicative plural present
- interpénétrais first-person imperfect indicative
- interpénétrait imperfect indicative singular
- interpénétrions first-person imperfect indicative
- interpénétriez imperfect indicative plural
- interpénétraient imperfect indicative plural
- interpénétrai first-person historic indicative
- interpénétras historic indicative past
- interpénétra historic indicative past
- interpénétrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interpénétrer?
- /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.ne.tʁe/
- \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.ne.tʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is interpénétrer in French?
interpénétrer appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).