terminer
French, verb/tɛʁ.mi.ne/
terminer is spelled T-E-R-M-I-N-E-R (8 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written French, the 3,248th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terminer is a French verb meaning “to end; to finish; to terminate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Borner, limiter”.
What does terminer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to end; to finish; to terminate
Le train termine à Rouen.
- 2
to end, to bring to an end, to finish
Il fallait terminer le match après une explosion.
- 3
to end, to finish, to complete, to conclude
Je n'ai pas eu le temps de terminer mes devoirs avant le dîner.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Borner, limiter. 2. Être à la fin, marquer la fin, mettre un terme. 3. Achever ; finir. 4. Prendre fin.
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 terminer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- terminant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- terminé participle past
- termine first-person indicative present
- termines indicative present second-person
- terminons first-person indicative plural
- terminez indicative plural present
- terminent indicative plural present
- terminais first-person imperfect indicative
- terminait imperfect indicative singular
- terminions first-person imperfect indicative
- terminiez imperfect indicative plural
- terminaient imperfect indicative plural
- terminai first-person historic indicative
- terminas historic indicative past
- termina historic indicative past
- terminâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terminer?
- /tɛʁ.mi.ne/
- \tɛʁ.mi.ne\
- [tɛʁ.mi.ne]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to terminer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is terminer in French?
terminer appears 24 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).