kidnapper
French, verb/kid.na.pe/
kidnapper is spelled K-I-D-N-A-P-P-E-R (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kidnapper is a French verb meaning “to kidnap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enlever une personne en vue de demander une rançon”.
What does kidnapper mean in English?
verb
- 1
to kidnap
- 2
colloquialto steal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Enlever une personne en vue de demander une rançon. 2. Soustraire ; subtiliser. 3. Récupérer, détourner de ses intentions premières contre son gré ou à son insu.
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 kidnapper
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- kidnappant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- kidnappé participle past
- kidnappe first-person indicative present
- kidnappes indicative present second-person
- kidnappons first-person indicative plural
- kidnappez indicative plural present
- kidnappent indicative plural present
- kidnappais first-person imperfect indicative
- kidnappait imperfect indicative singular
- kidnappions first-person imperfect indicative
- kidnappiez imperfect indicative plural
- kidnappaient imperfect indicative plural
- kidnappai first-person historic indicative
- kidnappas historic indicative past
- kidnappa historic indicative past
- kidnappâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kidnapper?
- /kid.na.pe/
- \kid.na.pe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kidnapper
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kidnapper in French?
kidnapper appears 1.1 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).