végéter
French, verb/ve.ʒe.te/
végéter is spelled V-É-G-É-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 85,597th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Végéter is a French verb meaning “to vegetate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Respirer, se nourrir, croître, en parlant des arbres et des plantes ; accomplir les fonctions propres à la…”.
What does végéter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to vegetate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Respirer, se nourrir, croître, en parlant des arbres et des plantes ; accomplir les fonctions propres à la vie des végétaux. 2. Vivre d’une manière quasi inerte, sans faire guère autre chose que respirer et se nourrir. 3. Vivre dans l’inaction, ou dans une situation gênée ou obscure. 4. En parlant d'une entreprise commerciale, stagner, ne pas parvenir à prendre son essor.
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 végéter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- végétant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- végété participle past
- végète first-person indicative present
- végètes indicative present second-person
- végétons first-person indicative plural
- végétez indicative plural present
- végètent indicative plural present
- végétais first-person imperfect indicative
- végétait imperfect indicative singular
- végétions first-person imperfect indicative
- végétiez imperfect indicative plural
- végétaient imperfect indicative plural
- végétai first-person historic indicative
- végétas historic indicative past
- végéta historic indicative past
- végétâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce végéter?
- /ve.ʒe.te/
- \ve.ʒe.te\
- [ve.ʒe.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 végéter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is végéter in French?
végéter appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).