inviter
French, verb/ɛ̃.vi.te/
inviter is spelled I-N-V-I-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,743rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inviter is a French verb meaning “to invite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Convier, prier de se trouver, de se rendre quelque part, d’assister à quelque cérémonie, etc”.
What does inviter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to invite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Convier, prier de se trouver, de se rendre quelque part, d’assister à quelque cérémonie, etc. 2. Engager, exciter à quelque chose. 3. Enjoindre à quelqu’un de faire une chose. 4. Venir sans y être convié
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 inviter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- invitant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- invité participle past
- invite first-person indicative present
- invites indicative present second-person
- invitons first-person indicative plural
- invitez indicative plural present
- invitent indicative plural present
- invitais first-person imperfect indicative
- invitait imperfect indicative singular
- invitions first-person imperfect indicative
- invitiez imperfect indicative plural
- invitaient imperfect indicative plural
- invitai first-person historic indicative
- invitas historic indicative past
- invita historic indicative past
- invitâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inviter?
- /ɛ̃.vi.te/
- \ɛ̃.vi.te\
- [ɛ̃.vi.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 inviter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inviter in French?
inviter appears 12 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).