succomber
French, verb/sy.kɔ̃.be/
succomber is spelled S-U-C-C-O-M-B-E-R (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,237th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Succomber is a French verb meaning “to succumb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être accablé sous un fardeau que l’on porte”.
What does succomber mean in English?
verb
- 1
to succumb
Il succomba à une surdose.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Être accablé sous un fardeau que l’on porte. 2. Ne pouvoir résister ; être vaincu ; céder. 3. Mourir ; périr. 4. Avoir le dessous en quelque entreprise.
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 succomber
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- succombant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- succombé participle past
- succombe first-person indicative present
- succombes indicative present second-person
- succombons first-person indicative plural
- succombez indicative plural present
- succombent indicative plural present
- succombais first-person imperfect indicative
- succombait imperfect indicative singular
- succombions first-person imperfect indicative
- succombiez imperfect indicative plural
- succombaient imperfect indicative plural
- succombai first-person historic indicative
- succombas historic indicative past
- succomba historic indicative past
- succombâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce succomber?
- /sy.kɔ̃.be/
- \sy.kɔ̃.be\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to succomber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is succomber in French?
succomber appears 1.4 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).