obérer
French, verb/ɔ.be.ʁe/
obérer is spelled O-B-É-R-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 162,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obérer is a French verb meaning “to be a burden on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Accabler d’une lourde charge financière pouvant endetter jusqu’à la ruine”.
What does obérer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be a burden on
- 2
to be a threat to
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Accabler d’une lourde charge financière pouvant endetter jusqu’à la ruine. 2. Limiter, restreindre les capacités.
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 obérer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- obérant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- obéré participle past
- obère first-person indicative present
- obères indicative present second-person
- obérons first-person indicative plural
- obérez indicative plural present
- obèrent indicative plural present
- obérais first-person imperfect indicative
- obérait imperfect indicative singular
- obérions first-person imperfect indicative
- obériez imperfect indicative plural
- obéraient imperfect indicative plural
- obérai first-person historic indicative
- obéras historic indicative past
- obéra historic indicative past
- obérâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obérer?
- /ɔ.be.ʁe/
- \o.be.ʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is obérer in French?
obérer appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).