transgresser
French, verb/tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.se/
transgresser is spelled T-R-A-N-S-G-R-E-S-S-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transgresser is a French verb meaning “to transgress, infringe (a rule)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Contrevenir à un ordre, à une loi”.
What does transgresser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to transgress, infringe (a rule)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Contrevenir à un ordre, à une loi.
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 transgresser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- transgressant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- transgressé participle past
- transgresse first-person indicative present
- transgresses indicative present second-person
- transgressons first-person indicative plural
- transgressez indicative plural present
- transgressent indicative plural present
- transgressais first-person imperfect indicative
- transgressait imperfect indicative singular
- transgressions first-person imperfect indicative
- avoir transgressé infinitive past
- en transgressant gerund present
- en ayant transgressé gerund past
- je transgresse indicative present
- tu transgresses indicative present
- il/elle/on transgresse indicative present
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce transgresser?
- /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.se/
- /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.se/
- /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.se/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to transgresser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is transgresser in French?
transgresser appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).