troubler
French, verb/tʁu.ble/
troubler is spelled T-R-O-U-B-L-E-R (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Troubler is a French verb meaning “to disturb, disrupt (order, sleep, judgement etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre trouble”.
What does troubler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disturb, disrupt (order, sleep, judgement etc.)
- 2
to disturb, to trouble (someone)
- 3
to cloud, become cloudy (of water); to become cloudy, become overcast (of sky)
- 4
to become flustered
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre trouble. 2. Perdre de sa netteté, de sa clarté. 3. Causer une agitation désordonnée. 4. Perturber une fonction physiologique.
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 troubler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- troublant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- troublé participle past
- trouble first-person indicative present
- troubles indicative present second-person
- troublons first-person indicative plural
- troublez indicative plural present
- troublent indicative plural present
- troublais first-person imperfect indicative
- troublait imperfect indicative singular
- troublions first-person imperfect indicative
- troubliez imperfect indicative plural
- troublaient imperfect indicative plural
- troublai first-person historic indicative
- troublas historic indicative past
- troubla historic indicative past
- troublâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce troubler?
- /tʁu.ble/
- \tʁu.ble\
- [tʁu.ble]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to troubler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is troubler in French?
troubler appears 1.7 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).