prétexter
French, verb/pʁe.tɛk.ste/
prétexter is spelled P-R-É-T-E-X-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 81,899th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prétexter is a French verb meaning “to give as an excuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prendre pour prétexte”.
What does prétexter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to give as an excuse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Prendre pour prétexte.
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 prétexter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- prétextant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- prétexté participle past
- prétexte first-person indicative present
- prétextes indicative present second-person
- prétextons first-person indicative plural
- prétextez indicative plural present
- prétextent indicative plural present
- prétextais first-person imperfect indicative
- prétextait imperfect indicative singular
- prétextions first-person imperfect indicative
- prétextiez imperfect indicative plural
- prétextaient imperfect indicative plural
- prétextai first-person historic indicative
- prétextas historic indicative past
- prétexta historic indicative past
- prétextâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prétexter?
- /pʁe.tɛk.ste/
- \pʁe.tɛks.te\
- \pʁe.tɛk.ste\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prétexter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prétexter in French?
prétexter appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).