prôner
French, verb/pʁo.ne/
prôner is spelled P-R-Ô-N-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,719th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prôner is a French verb meaning “to extol, praise, laud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire le prône”.
What does prôner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to extol, praise, laud
- 2
to recommend, advocate
- 3
archaicto preach a sermon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire le prône. 2. Vanter ou louer quelqu'un ou quelque chose avec exagération. 3. Proposer avec conviction.
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 prôner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- prônant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- prôné participle past
- prône first-person indicative present
- prônes indicative present second-person
- prônons first-person indicative plural
- prônez indicative plural present
- prônent indicative plural present
- prônais first-person imperfect indicative
- prônait imperfect indicative singular
- prônions first-person imperfect indicative
- prôniez imperfect indicative plural
- prônaient imperfect indicative plural
- prônai first-person historic indicative
- prônas historic indicative past
- prôna historic indicative past
- prônâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prôner?
- /pʁo.ne/
- \pʁo.ne\
- [pʁo.ne]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prôner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prôner in French?
prôner appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).