livrer
French, verb/li.vʁe/
livrer is spelled L-I-V-R-E-R (6 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,136th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Livrer is a French verb meaning “to deliver (a package, merchandise etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre une chose au pouvoir, en la possession de quelqu’un, selon les conventions faites avec lui”.
What does livrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to deliver (a package, merchandise etc.)
- 2
to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.)
- 3
to betray
- 4
to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint)
- 5
abandon oneself, give oneself over
- 6
to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre une chose au pouvoir, en la possession de quelqu’un, selon les conventions faites avec lui. 2. Mettre une personne à la discrétion, au pouvoir de quelqu’un. 3. Je vous livre cet homme : je vous réponds qu’il fera ce que vous voudrez, que vous en disposerez comme il vous plaira. 4. Remettre par trahison une personne, une ville.
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 livrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- livrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- livré participle past
- livre first-person indicative present
- livres indicative present second-person
- livrons first-person indicative plural
- livrez indicative plural present
- livrent indicative plural present
- livrais first-person imperfect indicative
- livrait imperfect indicative singular
- livrions first-person imperfect indicative
- livriez imperfect indicative plural
- livraient imperfect indicative plural
- livrai first-person historic indicative
- livras historic indicative past
- livra historic indicative past
- livrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce livrer?
- /li.vʁe/
- \li.vʁe\
- [li.vʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to livrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is livrer in French?
livrer appears 18 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).