polir
French, verb/pɔ.liʁ/
polir is spelled P-O-L-I-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polir is a French verb meaning “to shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding (often polish up)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre uni et luisant par le frottement, en parlant particulièrement des choses dures”.
What does polir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding (often polish up)
- 2
to refine; remove imperfections
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre uni et luisant par le frottement, en parlant particulièrement des choses dures. 2. Donner plus d’élégance et de régularité, en parlant d'une langue. 3. Cultiver, orner, adoucir l’esprit et les mœurs, rendre plus propre au commerce du monde. 4. Mettre la dernière main, corriger tout ce qui peut être contraire à l’exactitude, à la pureté et à l’élégance, en parlant de ce qui regarde la forme, le style dans les ouvrages de l’esprit.
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 polir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- polissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- poli participle past
- polis first-person indicative present
- polit indicative present singular
- polissons first-person indicative plural
- polissez indicative plural present
- polissent indicative plural present
- polissais first-person imperfect indicative
- polissait imperfect indicative singular
- polissions first-person imperfect indicative
- polissiez imperfect indicative plural
- polissaient imperfect indicative plural
- polîmes first-person historic indicative
- polîtes historic indicative past
- polirent historic indicative past
- polirai first-person future indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polir?
- /pɔ.liʁ/
- \pɔ.liʁ\
- [pɔ.liʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to polir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polir in French?
polir 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).