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renforcer

French, verb/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.se/

renforcer is spelled R-E-N-F-O-R-C-E-R (9 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written French, the 3,674th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Renforcer is a French verb meaning “to reinforce, strengthen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fortifier ; rendre plus fort”.

What does renforcer mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to reinforce, strengthen

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

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Fortifier ; rendre plus fort. 2. Donner plus de force, plus d’éclat. 3. Donner plus de vivacité, plus d’éclat, augmenter les contrastes. 4. Augmenter.

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 renforcer

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • renforçant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • renforcé participle past
  • renforce first-person indicative present
  • renforces indicative present second-person
  • renforçons first-person indicative plural
  • renforcez indicative plural present
  • renforcent indicative plural present
  • renforçais first-person imperfect indicative
  • renforçait imperfect indicative singular
  • renforcions first-person imperfect indicative
  • renforciez imperfect indicative plural
  • renforçaient imperfect indicative plural
  • renforçai first-person historic indicative
  • renforças historic indicative past
  • renforça historic indicative past
  • renforçâmes first-person historic indicative

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

How do you pronounce renforcer?

  • /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.se/
  • \ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.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 renforcer

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

How common is renforcer in French?

renforcer appears 21 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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