proportionner
French, verb/pʁɔ.pɔʁ.sjɔ.ne/
proportionner is spelled P-R-O-P-O-R-T-I-O-N-N-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proportionner is a French verb meaning “to proportion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Garder la proportion et la convenance nécessaire, établir un juste rapport entre une chose et une autre”.
What does proportionner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to proportion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Garder la proportion et la convenance nécessaire, établir un juste rapport entre une chose et une autre.
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 proportionner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- proportionnant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- proportionné participle past
- proportionne first-person indicative present
- proportionnes indicative present second-person
- proportionnons first-person indicative plural
- proportionnez indicative plural present
- proportionnent indicative plural present
- proportionnais first-person imperfect indicative
- proportionnait imperfect indicative singular
- proportionnions first-person imperfect indicative
- proportionniez imperfect indicative plural
- proportionnaient imperfect indicative plural
- proportionnai first-person historic indicative
- proportionnas historic indicative past
- proportionna historic indicative past
- proportionnâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proportionner?
- /pʁɔ.pɔʁ.sjɔ.ne/
- \pʁɔ.pɔʁ.sjɔ.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 proportionner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proportionner in French?
proportionner appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).