intimer
\ɛ̃.ti.me\
The verdict
“intimer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire savoir, signifier avec autorité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-intimer · intimer · French
intimer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intimer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.ti.me\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « intimer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
intimer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.ti.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for intimer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is intimer, spelled I-N-T-I-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire savoir, signifier avec autorité.
- 2Ordonner
- 3Assigner pour procéder sur un appel.
- 4Assigner le lieu et le temps auxquels il doit se tenir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how intimer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En conséquence, un coup de sifflet fut donné pour intimer à chacun l’ordre de faire un paquet de ses effets les plus nécessaires, borné seulement à un seul rechange et à deux ou trois chemises.
Allez vous changer si vous voulez, mais je vous intime l'ordre de dîner avec nous.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.