régresser
French, verb/ʁe.ɡʁɛ.se/
régresser is spelled R-É-G-R-E-S-S-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Régresser is a French verb meaning “to regress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Diminuer en qualité, force ou quantité”.
What does régresser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to regress
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Diminuer en qualité, force ou quantité 2. Évoluer vers des formes plus primitives. 3. Baisser, en parlant du niveau de la mer.
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 régresser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- régressant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- régressé participle past
- régresse first-person indicative present
- régresses indicative present second-person
- régressons first-person indicative plural
- régressez indicative plural present
- régressent indicative plural present
- régressais first-person imperfect indicative
- régressait imperfect indicative singular
- régressions first-person imperfect indicative
- régressiez imperfect indicative plural
- régressaient imperfect indicative plural
- régressai first-person historic indicative
- régressas historic indicative past
- régressa historic indicative past
- régressâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce régresser?
- /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.se/
- /ʁe.ɡʁe.se/
- \ʁe.ɡʁe.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to régresser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is régresser in French?
régresser appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).