proposer
French, verb/pʁɔ.po.ze/
proposer is spelled P-R-O-P-O-S-E-R (8 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written French, the 2,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proposer is a French verb meaning “to propose, suggest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre en avant, de vive voix ou par écrit, pour qu’on l’examine, pour qu’on en délibère”.
What does proposer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to propose, suggest
on m'a proposé de tester des produits
- 2
to propose (offer)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre en avant, de vive voix ou par écrit, pour qu’on l’examine, pour qu’on en délibère. 2. Mettre au concours, donner une matière à traiter, en parlant d'un sujet. 3. Offrir, en parlant des personnes et des choses. 4. Offrir, promettre, en parlant d'un prix, d'une récompense.
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 proposer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- proposant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- proposé participle past
- propose first-person indicative present
- proposes indicative present second-person
- proposons first-person indicative plural
- proposez indicative plural present
- proposent indicative plural present
- proposais first-person imperfect indicative
- proposait imperfect indicative singular
- proposions first-person imperfect indicative
- proposiez imperfect indicative plural
- proposaient imperfect indicative plural
- proposai first-person historic indicative
- proposas historic indicative past
- proposa historic indicative past
- proposâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proposer?
- /pʁɔ.po.ze/
- \pʁɔ.po.ze\
- [pʁɔ.po.ze]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to proposer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proposer in French?
proposer appears 37 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).