pulluler
French, verb/py.ly.le/
pulluler is spelled P-U-L-L-U-L-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pulluler is a French verb meaning “to teem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se multiplier abondamment, en peu de temps ; grouiller”.
What does pulluler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to teem
- 2
to swarm
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Se multiplier abondamment, en peu de temps ; grouiller. 2. Se répandre rapidement ; abonder.
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 pulluler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- pullulant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- pullulé participle past
- pullule first-person indicative present
- pullules indicative present second-person
- pullulons first-person indicative plural
- pullulez indicative plural present
- pullulent indicative plural present
- pullulais first-person imperfect indicative
- pullulait imperfect indicative singular
- pullulions first-person imperfect indicative
- pulluliez imperfect indicative plural
- pullulaient imperfect indicative plural
- pullulai first-person historic indicative
- pullulas historic indicative past
- pullula historic indicative past
- pullulâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pulluler?
- /py.ly.le/
- \py.ly.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pulluler in French?
pulluler appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).