intéresser
French, verb/ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se/
intéresser is a French verb meaning “to interest; to make interested” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mêler, concerner, faire intervenir”.
What does intéresser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to interest; to make interested
Je ne sais pas quoi faire pour l’intéresser...
- 2
to be interested; to have an interest
Tu pourrais t’intéresser à autre chose qu’aux voitures !
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mêler, concerner, faire intervenir. 2. Attirer l’attention, piquer la curiosité ou susciter un intérêt. 3. (Absolument) Susciter de l'intérêt, de la curiosité à propos de soi 4. Avoir de l’importance pour quelqu’un.
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 intéresser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- intéressant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- intéressé participle past
- intéresse first-person indicative present
- intéresses indicative present second-person
- intéressons first-person indicative plural
- intéressez indicative plural present
- intéressent indicative plural present
- intéressais first-person imperfect indicative
- intéressait imperfect indicative singular
- intéressions first-person imperfect indicative
- intéressiez imperfect indicative plural
- intéressaient imperfect indicative plural
- intéressai first-person historic indicative
- intéressas historic indicative past
- intéressa historic indicative past
- intéressâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intéresser?
- /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se/
- /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.se/
- \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.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 intéresser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intéresser in French?
intéresser appears 15 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).