miser
French, verb/mi.ze/
miser is spelled M-I-S-E-R (5 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Miser is a French verb meaning “to bet (place a bet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire une mise, mettre un enjeu”.
What does miser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bet (place a bet)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire une mise, mettre un enjeu. 2. Compter (sur quelque chose) pour atteindre un objectif.
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 miser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- misant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- misé participle past
- mise first-person indicative present
- mises indicative present second-person
- misons first-person indicative plural
- misez indicative plural present
- misent indicative plural present
- misais first-person imperfect indicative
- misait imperfect indicative singular
- misions first-person imperfect indicative
- misiez imperfect indicative plural
- misaient imperfect indicative plural
- misai first-person historic indicative
- misas historic indicative past
- misa historic indicative past
- misâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce miser?
- /mi.ze/
- \mi.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to miser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is miser in French?
miser appears 3.0 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).