répandre
French, verb/ʁe.pɑ̃dʁ/
répandre is a French verb meaning “to spill, scatter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Épancher ; verser ; laisser tomber un liquide”.
What does répandre mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spill, scatter
- 2
to spread
Comme un doux léopard elle est souple, et répand / Ses cheveux dénoués aux pieds de son amant. Like a gentle leopard she is supple, and spreads her unfastened hair around her lover's feet. – Alfred de Vigny, ‘La Colère de Samson’
- 3
to shed (tears)
- 4
to give off, give out (a smell etc.)
- 5
to spread, to propagate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Épancher ; verser ; laisser tomber un liquide. 2. Répartir ; distribuer. 3. Étendre au loin ; disperser ; propager. 4. Aller vociférant ; discourir à la cantonade.
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 répandre
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- répandant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- répandu participle past
- répands first-person indicative present
- répand indicative present singular
- répandons first-person indicative plural
- répandez indicative plural present
- répandent indicative plural present
- répandais first-person imperfect indicative
- répandait imperfect indicative singular
- répandions first-person imperfect indicative
- répandiez imperfect indicative plural
- répandaient imperfect indicative plural
- répandis first-person historic indicative
- répandit historic indicative past
- répandîmes first-person historic indicative
- répandîtes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce répandre?
- /ʁe.pɑ̃dʁ/
- \ʁe.pɑ̃dʁ\
- [ʁe.pɑ̃dʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to répandre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is répandre in French?
répandre appears 4.4 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).