supporter
French, noun/sy.pɔʁ.te/
supporter is spelled S-U-P-P-O-R-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 2,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Supporter is a French masculine noun meaning “supporter, fan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne encourageant un sportif ou une équipe sportive”.
What does supporter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to support
- 2
to bear
noun
- 1
masculinesupporter, fan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Porter ; soutenir. 2. Soutenir, encourager. 3. Souffrir ; endurer. 4. Souffrir avec patience.
noun: 1. Personne encourageant un sportif ou une équipe sportive. 2. Personne encourageant une autre personne ou une entité lors d’une épreuve, d’une compétition.
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 supporter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- supportant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- supporté participle past
- supporte first-person indicative present
- supportes indicative present second-person
- supportons first-person indicative plural
- supportez indicative plural present
- supportent indicative plural present
- supportais first-person imperfect indicative
- supportait imperfect indicative singular
- supportions first-person imperfect indicative
- supportiez imperfect indicative plural
- supportaient imperfect indicative plural
- supportai first-person historic indicative
- supportas historic indicative past
- supporta historic indicative past
- supportâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce supporter?
- /sy.pɔʁ.te/
- /sy.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/
- \sy.pɔʁ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to supporter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is supporter in French?
supporter appears 26 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).