produire
French, verb/pʁɔ.dɥiʁ/
produire is spelled P-R-O-D-U-I-R-E (8 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written French, the 1,953rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Produire is a French verb meaning “to produce, to yield” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Engendrer ; donner naissance”.
What does produire mean in English?
verb
- 1
to produce, to yield
- 2
to happen, take place (of an event)
- 3
to perform (of a singer, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Engendrer ; donner naissance. 2. Se reproduire, engendrer. 3. Porter, offrir en parlant de la terre, d’un pays, d’un arbre, etc. 4. Rapporter, donner du profit en parlant d'une charge, d’un emploi, d’une somme d’argent, etc.
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 produire
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- produisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- produit participle past
- produis first-person indicative present
- produisons first-person indicative plural
- produisez indicative plural present
- produisent indicative plural present
- produisais first-person imperfect indicative
- produisait imperfect indicative singular
- produisions first-person imperfect indicative
- produisiez imperfect indicative plural
- produisaient imperfect indicative plural
- produisis first-person historic indicative
- produisit historic indicative past
- produisîmes first-person historic indicative
- produisîtes historic indicative past
- produisirent historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce produire?
- /pʁɔ.dɥiʁ/
- \pʁɔ.dɥiʁ\
- [pʁɔ.dɥiʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to produire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is produire in French?
produire appears 43 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).