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examiner

French, verb/ɛɡ.za.mi.ne/

examiner is a French verb meaning “to examine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Observer avec attention, avec réflexion”.

What does examiner mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to examine

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Observer avec attention, avec réflexion. 2. Juger quelqu’un au point de vue de ses connaissances.

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 examiner

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • examinant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • examiné participle past
  • examine first-person indicative present
  • examines indicative present second-person
  • examinons first-person indicative plural
  • examinez indicative plural present
  • examinent indicative plural present
  • examinais first-person imperfect indicative
  • examinait imperfect indicative singular
  • examinions first-person imperfect indicative
  • examiniez imperfect indicative plural
  • examinaient imperfect indicative plural
  • examinai first-person historic indicative
  • examinas historic indicative past
  • examina historic indicative past
  • examinâmes first-person historic indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce examiner?

  • /ɛɡ.za.mi.ne/
  • \ɛɡ.za.mi.ne\
  • [ɛg.za.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 examiner

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is examiner in French?

examiner appears 12 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).