respecter
French, verb/ʁɛs.pɛk.te/
respecter is spelled R-E-S-P-E-C-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written French, the 2,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Respecter is a French verb meaning “to respect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Honorer ; révérer ; porter respect (à)”.
What does respecter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to respect
- 2
to meet (deadline)
- 3
to comply with (rules, laws)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Honorer ; révérer ; porter respect (à). 2. Se conformer à un pacte, un plan, une règle, etc. 3. Épargner ; ne pas attaquer ; ne pas porter atteinte à. 4. Adopter une attitude et un comportement qui témoigne une bonne opinion de soi-même, exempte de mépris.
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 respecter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- respectant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- respecté participle past
- respecte first-person indicative present
- respectes indicative present second-person
- respectons first-person indicative plural
- respectez indicative plural present
- respectent indicative plural present
- respectais first-person imperfect indicative
- respectait imperfect indicative singular
- respections first-person imperfect indicative
- respectiez imperfect indicative plural
- respectaient imperfect indicative plural
- respectai first-person historic indicative
- respectas historic indicative past
- respecta historic indicative past
- respectâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce respecter?
- /ʁɛs.pɛk.te/
- \ʁɛs.pɛk.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to respecter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is respecter in French?
respecter appears 37 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).