montrer
French, verb/mɔ̃.tʁe/
montrer is spelled M-O-N-T-R-E-R (7 letters) and appears 85 times per million words in written French, the 982nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Montrer is a French verb meaning “to show” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire voir ; exposer aux regards”.
What does montrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to show
Montre-le-moi.
- 2
to point to
- 3
to point out
- 4
to display, to demonstrate one's characteristics
- 5
to show off
- 6
to appear; to seem
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire voir ; exposer aux regards. 2. Faire voir par un geste, indiquer. 3. Faire paraître ; manifester. 4. Donner des marques, des preuves de quelque qualité bonne ou mauvaise.
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 montrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- montrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- montré participle past
- montre first-person indicative present
- montres indicative present second-person
- montrons first-person indicative plural
- montrez indicative plural present
- montrent indicative plural present
- montrais first-person imperfect indicative
- montrait imperfect indicative singular
- montrions first-person imperfect indicative
- montriez imperfect indicative plural
- montraient imperfect indicative plural
- montrai first-person historic indicative
- montras historic indicative past
- montra historic indicative past
- montrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce montrer?
- /mɔ̃.tʁe/
- \mɔ̃.tʁe\
- [mɔ̃ .tʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to montrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is montrer in French?
montrer appears 85 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).