obéré
French, adjective
obéré is spelled O-B-É-R-É (5 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written French, the 157,622nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obéré is a French adjective meaning “in debt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of obérer. With an accent, obère is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lourdement endetté, accablé ou criblé de dettes”.
What does obéré mean in English?
adjective
- 1
in debt
verb
- 1
past participle of obérer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Lourdement endetté, accablé ou criblé de dettes.
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 obéré
- obérée feminine
- obérés masculine plural
- obérées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is obéré in French?
obéré appears about once in every 24 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).