shunter
French, verb\ʃœ̃.te\
shunter is spelled S-H-U-N-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shunter is a French verb meaning “to shunt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Munir d’un shunt”.
What does shunter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shunt
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Munir d’un shunt. 2. Court-circuiter ; dériver. 3. Couper un morceau de musique avant la fin.
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 shunter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- shuntant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- shunté participle past
- shunte first-person indicative present
- shuntes indicative present second-person
- shuntons first-person indicative plural
- shuntez indicative plural present
- shuntent indicative plural present
- shuntais first-person imperfect indicative
- shuntait imperfect indicative singular
- shuntions first-person imperfect indicative
- shuntiez imperfect indicative plural
- shuntaient imperfect indicative plural
- shuntai first-person historic indicative
- shuntas historic indicative past
- shunta historic indicative past
- shuntâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce shunter?
- \ʃœ̃.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is shunter in French?
shunter appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).