philosopher
French, verb/fi.lɔ.zɔ.fe/
philosopher is spelled P-H-I-L-O-S-O-P-H-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,397th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Philosopher is a French verb meaning “to philosophize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Traiter des matières de philosophie ou discourir sur les questions de philosophie”.
What does philosopher mean in English?
verb
- 1
to philosophize
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Traiter des matières de philosophie ou discourir sur les questions de philosophie. 2. Pratiquer la philosophie, réfléchir en philosophe. 3. Raisonner, discourir sur diverses matières de morale ou de physique. 4. Raisonner, discourir sur diverses matières, en général.
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 philosopher
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- philosophant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- philosophé participle past
- philosophe first-person indicative present
- philosophes indicative present second-person
- philosophons first-person indicative plural
- philosophez indicative plural present
- philosophent indicative plural present
- philosophais first-person imperfect indicative
- philosophait imperfect indicative singular
- philosophions first-person imperfect indicative
- philosophiez imperfect indicative plural
- philosophaient imperfect indicative plural
- philosophai first-person historic indicative
- philosophas historic indicative past
- philosopha historic indicative past
- philosophâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce philosopher?
- /fi.lɔ.zɔ.fe/
- \fi.lɔ.zɔ.fe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is philosopher in French?
philosopher appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).