prester
French, verb/pʁɛs.te/
prester is spelled P-R-E-S-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prester is a French verb meaning “to work (a certain amount of time), to provide a service” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fournir une prestation de services”.
What does prester mean in English?
verb
- 1
to work (a certain amount of time), to provide a service
J'ai presté cinq heures.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Fournir une prestation de services. 2. Assurer en tant que prestation.
verb: 1. Orthographe ancienne de prêter.
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 prester
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- prestant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- presté participle past
- preste first-person indicative present
- prestes indicative present second-person
- prestons first-person indicative plural
- prestez indicative plural present
- prestent indicative plural present
- prestais first-person imperfect indicative
- prestait imperfect indicative singular
- prestions first-person imperfect indicative
- prestiez imperfect indicative plural
- prestaient imperfect indicative plural
- prestai first-person historic indicative
- prestas historic indicative past
- presta historic indicative past
- prestâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prester?
- /pʁɛs.te/
- \pʁɛs.te\
- \pʁɛ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is prester in French?
prester appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).