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remplir

French, verb/ʁɑ̃.pliʁ/

remplir is spelled R-E-M-P-L-I-R (7 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 2,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Remplir is a French verb meaning “to fill, to fill up (make full)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Emplir de nouveau”.

What does remplir mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to fill, to fill up (make full)

    Remplir la piscine avec de l'eau.

  2. 2

    to fill in

    Veuillez remplir les blancs.

  3. 3

    to fulfil

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Emplir de nouveau. 2. Emplir entièrement, rendre plein, combler. 3. Compléter. 4. Écrire ce qui manquait à l’endroit qu’on y avait laissé en blanc, sur un document, un questionnaire, etc.

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 remplir

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • remplissant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • rempli participle past
  • remplis first-person indicative present
  • remplit indicative present singular
  • remplissons first-person indicative plural
  • remplissez indicative plural present
  • remplissent indicative plural present
  • remplissais first-person imperfect indicative
  • remplissait imperfect indicative singular
  • remplissions first-person imperfect indicative
  • remplissiez imperfect indicative plural
  • remplissaient imperfect indicative plural
  • remplîmes first-person historic indicative
  • remplîtes historic indicative past
  • remplirent historic indicative past
  • remplirai first-person future indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce remplir?

  • /ʁɑ̃.pliʁ/
  • \ʁɑ̃.pliʁ\
  • [ʁɑ̃.pliʁ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to remplir

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is remplir in French?

remplir appears 26 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).

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