soupeser
French, verb/sup.ze/
soupeser is spelled S-O-U-P-E-S-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soupeser is a French verb meaning “to heft, feel the weight of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soulever une chose avec la main pour juger de son poids”.
What does soupeser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to heft, feel the weight of
- 2
to weigh up (options etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Soulever une chose avec la main pour juger de son poids. 2. Évaluer ; jauger.
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 soupeser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- soupesant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- soupesé participle past
- soupèse first-person indicative present
- soupèses indicative present second-person
- soupesons first-person indicative plural
- soupesez indicative plural present
- soupèsent indicative plural present
- soupesais first-person imperfect indicative
- soupesait imperfect indicative singular
- soupesions first-person imperfect indicative
- soupesiez imperfect indicative plural
- soupesaient imperfect indicative plural
- soupesai first-person historic indicative
- soupesas historic indicative past
- soupesa historic indicative past
- soupesâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soupeser?
- /sup.ze/
- /su.pə.ze/
- \su.pə.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is soupeser in French?
soupeser appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).