progresser
French, verb/pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.se/
progresser is spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S-E-R (10 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,048th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Progresser is a French verb meaning “to progress (to show a progression)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire des progrès”.
What does progresser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to progress (to show a progression)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire des progrès. 2. Augmenter en valeur ou en nombre. 3. Avancer.
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 progresser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- progressant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- progressé participle past
- progresse first-person indicative present
- progresses indicative present second-person
- progressons first-person indicative plural
- progressez indicative plural present
- progressent indicative plural present
- progressais first-person imperfect indicative
- progressait imperfect indicative singular
- progressions first-person imperfect indicative
- progressiez imperfect indicative plural
- progressaient imperfect indicative plural
- progressai first-person historic indicative
- progressas historic indicative past
- progressa historic indicative past
- progressâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce progresser?
- /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.se/
- /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.se/
- \pʁɔ.ɡʁe.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to progresser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is progresser in French?
progresser appears 9.3 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).