obturer
French, verb/ɔp.ty.ʁe/
obturer is spelled O-B-T-U-R-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 127,906th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obturer is a French verb meaning “to seal, close up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Boucher une ouverture qui s’est produite accidentellement”.
What does obturer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to seal, close up
- 2
to hide
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Boucher une ouverture qui s’est produite accidentellement. 2. Boucher une baie (porte ou fenêtre) dans un mur par ajout de maçonnerie afin de condamner le passage ou de redessiner une façade. 3. Refermer, définitivement ou temporairement, l’ouverture créée par une lésion corporelle, une plaie, la perforation d’un organe. 4. Fermer une ouverture accidentelle à la voûte du palais, aux os du crâne ou boucher un trou qui s’est produit dans une dent par suite de carie.
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 obturer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- obturant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- obturé participle past
- obture first-person indicative present
- obtures indicative present second-person
- obturons first-person indicative plural
- obturez indicative plural present
- obturent indicative plural present
- obturais first-person imperfect indicative
- obturait imperfect indicative singular
- obturions first-person imperfect indicative
- obturiez imperfect indicative plural
- obturaient imperfect indicative plural
- obturai first-person historic indicative
- obturas historic indicative past
- obtura historic indicative past
- obturâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obturer?
- /ɔp.ty.ʁe/
- \ɔp.ty.ʁe\
- [ɔb̥.t̪y.ʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is obturer in French?
obturer appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).