semoncer
French, verb/sə.mɔ̃.se/
semoncer is spelled S-E-M-O-N-C-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written French, the 301,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Semoncer is a French verb meaning “to scold, reprimand, rebuke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire une semonce, une réprimande”.
What does semoncer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scold, reprimand, rebuke
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire une semonce, une réprimande. 2. Sommer un navire de se faire reconnaître. 3. Inviter, convoquer à une cérémonie, à une assemblée.
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 semoncer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- semonçant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- semoncé participle past
- semonce first-person indicative present
- semonces indicative present second-person
- semonçons first-person indicative plural
- semoncez indicative plural present
- semoncent indicative plural present
- semonçais first-person imperfect indicative
- semonçait imperfect indicative singular
- semoncions first-person imperfect indicative
- semonciez imperfect indicative plural
- semonçaient imperfect indicative plural
- semonçai first-person historic indicative
- semonças historic indicative past
- semonça historic indicative past
- semonçâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce semoncer?
- /sə.mɔ̃.se/
- \sə.mɔ̃.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 semoncer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is semoncer in French?
semoncer appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).