occire
French, verb/ɔk.siʁ/
occire is spelled O-C-C-I-R-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 82,784th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Occire is a French verb meaning “to slay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “ou Tuer”.
What does occire mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicto slay
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ou Tuer.
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 occire
- avoir infinitive multiword-construction
- être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- occisant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- occis participle past
- occit indicative present singular
- occisons first-person indicative plural
- occisez indicative plural present
- occisent indicative plural present
- occisais first-person imperfect indicative
- occisait imperfect indicative singular
- occisions first-person imperfect indicative
- occisiez imperfect indicative plural
- occisaient imperfect indicative plural
- occîmes first-person historic indicative
- occîtes historic indicative past
- occirent historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce occire?
- /ɔk.siʁ/
- \ɔ(k).siʁ\
- [o.siʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to occire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is occire in French?
occire appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).