soulager
French, verb/su.la.ʒe/
soulager is spelled S-O-U-L-A-G-E-R (8 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written French, the 10,464th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soulager is a French verb meaning “to relieve, soothe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Délivrer, débarrasser d’une partie de quelque fardeau”.
What does soulager mean in English?
verb
- 1
to relieve, soothe
- 2
to make oneself feel better, to find relief
- 3
colloquialto relieve oneself
Excusez-moi, je vais me soulager. Je reviens tout de suite.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Délivrer, débarrasser d’une partie de quelque fardeau. 2. Diminuer, adoucir le travail, la peine, le mal, la douleur de quelqu’un. 3. Satisfaire un besoin naturel, faire ses besoins. 4. Se procurer du soulagement.
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 soulager
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- soulageant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- soulagé participle past
- soulage first-person indicative present
- soulages indicative present second-person
- soulageons first-person indicative plural
- soulagez indicative plural present
- soulagent indicative plural present
- soulageais first-person imperfect indicative
- soulageait imperfect indicative singular
- soulagions first-person imperfect indicative
- soulagiez imperfect indicative plural
- soulageaient imperfect indicative plural
- soulageai first-person historic indicative
- soulageas historic indicative past
- soulagea historic indicative past
- soulageâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soulager?
- /su.la.ʒe/
- \su.la.ʒe\
- [su.la.ʒe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to soulager
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soulager in French?
soulager appears 5.5 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).