obvier
French, verb/ɔb.vje/
obvier is spelled O-B-V-I-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obvier is a French verb meaning “to obviate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire obstacle à un événement fâcheux”.
What does obvier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to obviate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire obstacle à un événement fâcheux. 2. Prendre les précautions nécessaires pour éviter sa survenue. 3. Remédier.
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 obvier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- obviant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- obvié participle past
- obvie first-person indicative present
- obvies indicative present second-person
- obvions first-person indicative plural
- obviez indicative plural present
- obvient indicative plural present
- obviais first-person imperfect indicative
- obviait imperfect indicative singular
- obviions first-person imperfect indicative
- obviiez imperfect indicative plural
- obviaient imperfect indicative plural
- obviai first-person historic indicative
- obvias historic indicative past
- obvia historic indicative past
- obviâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obvier?
- /ɔb.vje/
- \ɔb.vje\
- [ob.vje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is obvier in French?
obvier appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).