postuler
French, verb/pɔs.ty.le/
postuler is spelled P-O-S-T-U-L-E-R (8 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written French, the 14,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Postuler is a French verb meaning “to apply for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Solliciter, faire des démarches pour obtenir quelque chose, présenter sa candidature”.
What does postuler mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto claim, to request, to ask for
- 2
to apply for
verb
- 1
to postulate (assume as true)
- 2
to posit
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Solliciter, faire des démarches pour obtenir quelque chose, présenter sa candidature. 2. Il se dit aussi en matière ecclésiastique. 3. Poser comme postulat. 4. S’occuper, au bénéfice de la partie que l’on représente en tant qu'avocat ou avoué, des actes de procédure indispensables à l’instruction d’une affaire.
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 postuler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- postulant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- postulé participle past
- postule first-person indicative present
- postules indicative present second-person
- postulons first-person indicative plural
- postulez indicative plural present
- postulent indicative plural present
- postulais first-person imperfect indicative
- postulait imperfect indicative singular
- postulions first-person imperfect indicative
- postuliez imperfect indicative plural
- postulaient imperfect indicative plural
- postulai first-person historic indicative
- postulas historic indicative past
- postula historic indicative past
- postulâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce postuler?
- /pɔs.ty.le/
- \pɔs.ty.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to postuler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is postuler in French?
postuler appears 3.4 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).