obstiner
French, verb/ɔp.sti.ne/
obstiner is spelled O-B-S-T-I-N-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obstiner is a French verb meaning “to persevere, persist, insist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire acte d’obstination”.
What does obstiner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to persevere, persist, insist
- 2
be obstinate about something
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire acte d’obstination. 2. S’attacher opiniâtrement à une tâche, à un travail.
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 obstiner
- s'obstiner infinitive
- s'être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- s'obstinant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- obstiné participle past
- m'obstine first-person indicative present
- t'obstines indicative present second-person
- s'obstine indicative present singular
- nous obstinons first-person indicative plural
- vous obstinez indicative plural present
- s'obstinent indicative plural present
- m'obstinais first-person imperfect indicative
- t'obstinais imperfect indicative second-person
- s'obstinait imperfect indicative singular
- nous obstinions first-person imperfect indicative
- vous obstiniez imperfect indicative plural
- s'obstinaient imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obstiner?
- /ɔp.sti.ne/
- \ɔp.sti.ne\
- \ɔb.sti.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is obstiner in French?
obstiner appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).