reprocher
French, verb/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃe/
reprocher is spelled R-E-P-R-O-C-H-E-R (9 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reprocher is a French verb meaning “to blame somebody for something (place blame upon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Imputer la faute à quelqu’un, en l’en blâmant, en lui en faisant des remontrances”.
What does reprocher mean in English?
verb
- 1
to blame somebody for something (place blame upon)
Il lui reprocha ce qu’il avait fait.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Imputer la faute à quelqu’un, en l’en blâmant, en lui en faisant des remontrances. 2. Faire valoir un bienfait, un service, etc. à quelqu’un, pour l’accuser de l’avoir oublié. 3. Causer des renvois gastriques.
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 reprocher
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- reprochant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- reproché participle past
- reproche first-person indicative present
- reproches indicative present second-person
- reprochons first-person indicative plural
- reprochez indicative plural present
- reprochent indicative plural present
- reprochais first-person imperfect indicative
- reprochait imperfect indicative singular
- reprochions first-person imperfect indicative
- reprochiez imperfect indicative plural
- reprochaient imperfect indicative plural
- reprochai first-person historic indicative
- reprochas historic indicative past
- reprocha historic indicative past
- reprochâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reprocher?
- /ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃe/
- \ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃe\
- [ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reprocher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reprocher in French?
reprocher appears 8.3 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).