posséder
French, verb/pɔ.se.de/
posséder is a French verb meaning “to own; to possess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avoir à soi, en son pouvoir ; avoir la propriété ou la possession de”.
What does posséder mean in English?
verb
- 1
to own; to possess
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Avoir à soi, en son pouvoir ; avoir la propriété ou la possession de. 2. Avoir en propre. 3. Être doté, en parlant d’attributs. 4. Être titulaire, en parlant des emplois, des honneurs, des qualités.
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 posséder
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- possédant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- possédé participle past
- possède first-person indicative present
- possèdes indicative present second-person
- possédons first-person indicative plural
- possédez indicative plural present
- possèdent indicative plural present
- possédais first-person imperfect indicative
- possédait imperfect indicative singular
- possédions first-person imperfect indicative
- possédiez imperfect indicative plural
- possédaient imperfect indicative plural
- possédai first-person historic indicative
- possédas historic indicative past
- posséda historic indicative past
- possédâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce posséder?
- /pɔ.se.de/
- \pɔ.se.de\
- [pɔ.se.de]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to posséder
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is posséder in French?
posséder appears 9.5 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).