oser
French, verb/o.ze/
oser is spelled O-S-E-R (4 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written French, the 9,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oser is a French verb meaning “to dare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avoir la hardiesse, l’audace de dire, de faire quelque chose”.
What does oser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dare
Je n'ose pas lui dire la vérité.
- 2
Switzerlandto be allowed to
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Avoir la hardiesse, l’audace de dire, de faire quelque chose. 2. Entreprendre avec courage, avec assurance. 3. Ne pas vouloir, par prudence, par ménagement, faire ou dire certaines choses. 4. Avoir l’autorisation de.
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 oser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- osant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- osé participle past
- ose first-person indicative present
- oses indicative present second-person
- osons first-person indicative plural
- osez indicative plural present
- osent indicative plural present
- osais first-person imperfect indicative
- osait imperfect indicative singular
- osions first-person imperfect indicative
- osiez imperfect indicative plural
- osaient imperfect indicative plural
- osai first-person historic indicative
- osas historic indicative past
- osa historic indicative past
- osâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oser?
- /o.ze/
- \o.ze\
- [o.ze]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oser in French?
oser appears 6.2 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).