provoquer
French, verb/pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/
provoquer is spelled P-R-O-V-O-Q-U-E-R (9 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Provoquer is a French verb meaning “to provoke, bring on, bring about” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Inciter, exciter”.
What does provoquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to provoke, bring on, bring about
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Inciter, exciter. 2. Inciter à réagir violemment. 3. Inciter au désir, à la concupiscence. 4. Causer ; susciter.
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 provoquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- provoquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- provoqué participle past
- provoque first-person indicative present
- provoques indicative present second-person
- provoquons first-person indicative plural
- provoquez indicative plural present
- provoquent indicative plural present
- provoquais first-person imperfect indicative
- provoquait imperfect indicative singular
- provoquions first-person imperfect indicative
- provoquiez imperfect indicative plural
- provoquaient imperfect indicative plural
- provoquai first-person historic indicative
- provoquas historic indicative past
- provoqua historic indicative past
- provoquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce provoquer?
- /pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/
- \pʁɔ.vɔ.ke\
- [pʁɔ.vɔ.ke]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to provoquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is provoquer in French?
provoquer appears 17 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).