siester
French, verb/sjɛs.te/
siester is spelled S-I-E-S-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written French, the 223,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Siester is a French verb meaning “to nap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire la sieste”.
What does siester mean in English?
verb
- 1
rareto nap
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire la sieste.
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 siester
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- siestant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- siesté participle past
- sieste first-person indicative present
- siestes indicative present second-person
- siestons first-person indicative plural
- siestez indicative plural present
- siestent indicative plural present
- siestais first-person imperfect indicative
- siestait imperfect indicative singular
- siestions first-person imperfect indicative
- siestiez imperfect indicative plural
- siestaient imperfect indicative plural
- siestai first-person historic indicative
- siestas historic indicative past
- siesta historic indicative past
- siestâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce siester?
- /sjɛs.te/
- \sjɛ.ste\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to siester
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is siester in French?
siester appears about once in every 50 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).