situer
French, verb/si.tɥe/
situer is spelled S-I-T-U-E-R (6 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Situer is a French verb meaning “to locate (to find the location of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Placer, poser en certain endroit par rapport à l’exposition, à l’aspect, au voisinage, etc”.
What does situer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to locate (to find the location of something)
- 2
to situate
- 3
to be located (at a certain place); To be (for a place)
Le restaurant se situe à 200m de l'hôtel.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Placer, poser en certain endroit par rapport à l’exposition, à l’aspect, au voisinage, etc. 2. Assigner une place en imagination, dans son esprit. 3. Avoir sa place, dans l'espace ou dans le temps.
verb: 1. Ancienne orthographe de situer.
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 situer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- situant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- situé participle past
- situe first-person indicative present
- situes indicative present second-person
- situons first-person indicative plural
- situez indicative plural present
- situent indicative plural present
- situais first-person imperfect indicative
- situait imperfect indicative singular
- situions first-person imperfect indicative
- situiez imperfect indicative plural
- situaient imperfect indicative plural
- situai first-person historic indicative
- situas historic indicative past
- situa historic indicative past
- situâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce situer?
- /si.tɥe/
- \si.tɥe\
- [si.tɥe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to situer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is situer in French?
situer appears 4.6 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).