soigner
French, verb/swa.ɲe/
soigner is a French verb meaning “to treat; to nurse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avoir soin de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose”.
What does soigner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to treat; to nurse
- 2
to look after, to take care of
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Avoir soin de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose. 2. Apporter de l’intérêt à quelqu’un, dans l’espoir d’une contrepartie. 3. Apporter de l’attention, du soin à quelque chose.
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 soigner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- soignant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- soigné participle past
- soigne first-person indicative present
- soignes indicative present second-person
- soignons first-person indicative plural
- soignez indicative plural present
- soignent indicative plural present
- soignais first-person imperfect indicative
- soignait imperfect indicative singular
- soignions first-person imperfect indicative
- soigniez imperfect indicative plural
- soignaient imperfect indicative plural
- soignai first-person historic indicative
- soignas historic indicative past
- soigna historic indicative past
- soignâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soigner?
- /swa.ɲe/
- \swa.ɲe\
- [swa.ɲe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to soigner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soigner in French?
soigner appears 16 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).