présumer
French, verb/pʁe.zy.me/
présumer is spelled P-R-É-S-U-M-E-R (8 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,512th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Présumer is a French verb meaning “to presume, assume” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conjecturer ; juger par induction”.
What does présumer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to presume, assume
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Conjecturer ; juger par induction. 2. Avoir une opinion exagérément haute.
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 présumer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- présumant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- présumé participle past
- présume first-person indicative present
- présumes indicative present second-person
- présumons first-person indicative plural
- présumez indicative plural present
- présument indicative plural present
- présumais first-person imperfect indicative
- présumait imperfect indicative singular
- présumions first-person imperfect indicative
- présumiez imperfect indicative plural
- présumaient imperfect indicative plural
- présumai first-person historic indicative
- présumas historic indicative past
- présuma historic indicative past
- présumâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce présumer?
- /pʁe.zy.me/
- \pʁe.zy.me\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to présumer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is présumer in French?
présumer appears 1.5 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).