jacter
French, verb/ʒak.te/
jacter is spelled J-A-C-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jacter is a French verb meaning “to talk, speak” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Parler”.
What does jacter mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialderogatoryto talk, speak
- 2
colloquialderogatoryto speak (a language)
- 3
colloquialderogatoryto chat
- 4
colloquialderogatoryslangto gossip
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Parler. 2. Bavarder.
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 jacter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- jactant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- jacté participle past
- jacte first-person indicative present
- jactes indicative present second-person
- jactons first-person indicative plural
- jactez indicative plural present
- jactent indicative plural present
- jactais first-person imperfect indicative
- jactait imperfect indicative singular
- jactions first-person imperfect indicative
- jactiez imperfect indicative plural
- jactaient imperfect indicative plural
- jactai first-person historic indicative
- jactas historic indicative past
- jacta historic indicative past
- jactâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jacter?
- /ʒak.te/
- \ʒak.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jacter in French?
jacter appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).