violer
French, verb/vjɔ.le/
violer is spelled V-I-O-L-E-R (6 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Violer is a French verb meaning “to violate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enfreindre, porter atteinte à, attenter à”.
What does violer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to violate
- 2
to rape, to have sex with an unwilling partner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Enfreindre, porter atteinte à, attenter à. 2. Dégrader ou fouiller dans des intentions coupables, en parlant d’une sépulture. 3. Porter atteinte aux droits et aux privilèges. 4. Imposer une pénétration sexuelle (du vagin, de l’anus ou de la bouche) à une personne sans son consentement, par la force, par la ruse, par la surprise, par la menace ou par autorité.
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 violer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- violant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- violé participle past
- viole first-person indicative present
- violes indicative present second-person
- violons first-person indicative plural
- violez indicative plural present
- violent indicative plural present
- violais first-person imperfect indicative
- violait imperfect indicative singular
- violions first-person imperfect indicative
- violiez imperfect indicative plural
- violaient imperfect indicative plural
- violai first-person historic indicative
- violas historic indicative past
- viola historic indicative past
- violâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce violer?
- /vjɔ.le/
- \vjɔ.le\
- [vjɔ.le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to violer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is violer in French?
violer appears 8.1 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).