offrir
French, verb/ɔ.fʁiʁ/
offrir is spelled O-F-F-R-I-R (6 letters) and appears 54 times per million words in written French, the 1,564th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Offrir is a French verb meaning “to offer; to provide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Présenter quelque chose à quelqu’un, en souhaitant qu’il l’accepte”.
What does offrir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to offer; to provide
La tente n'offre donc que très peu d'abri aux membres d'équipage qui assurent la veille en surface.
- 2
to give as a gift
Chaque Noël je lui offre un livre.
- 3
to buy for oneself
- 4
to treat oneself
- 5
to open oneself up to (someone)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Présenter quelque chose à quelqu’un, en souhaitant qu’il l’accepte. 2. Proposer les services d’une personne. 3. Faire une offrande ou un don en hommage à un dieu (ou à Dieu). 4. Présenter à Dieu, en expiation de ses péchés.
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 offrir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- offrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- offert participle past
- offre first-person indicative present
- offres indicative present second-person
- offrons first-person indicative plural
- offrez indicative plural present
- offrent indicative plural present
- offrais first-person imperfect indicative
- offrait imperfect indicative singular
- offrions first-person imperfect indicative
- offriez imperfect indicative plural
- offraient imperfect indicative plural
- offris first-person historic indicative
- offrit historic indicative past
- offrîmes first-person historic indicative
- offrîtes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce offrir?
- /ɔ.fʁiʁ/
- \ɔ.fʁiʁ\
- [ɔ.fʁiʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to offrir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is offrir in French?
offrir appears 54 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).