ramper
French, verb/ʁɑ̃.pe/
ramper is spelled R-A-M-P-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,160th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ramper is a French verb meaning “to crawl, worm (along); to creep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se traîner sur le ventre”.
What does ramper mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crawl, worm (along); to creep
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Se traîner sur le ventre. 2. Se dit des plantes qui n’ont pas de tige assez forte pour les soutenir, et dont les branches restent au sol ou s’accrochent à un support, comme le lierre rampant ou la vigne. 3. Se montrer condescendant, s’abaisser.
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 ramper
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- rampant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- rampé participle past
- rampe first-person indicative present
- rampes indicative present second-person
- rampons first-person indicative plural
- rampez indicative plural present
- rampent indicative plural present
- rampais first-person imperfect indicative
- rampait imperfect indicative singular
- rampions first-person imperfect indicative
- rampiez imperfect indicative plural
- rampaient imperfect indicative plural
- rampai first-person historic indicative
- rampas historic indicative past
- rampa historic indicative past
- rampâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ramper?
- /ʁɑ̃.pe/
- \ʁɑ̃.pe\
- [ʁɑ̃.pe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ramper
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ramper in French?
ramper 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).