transpirer
French, verb/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe/
transpirer is a French verb meaning “to transpire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “S’exhaler, sortir du corps par les pores”.
What does transpirer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to transpire
- 2
to perspire, sweat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. S’exhaler, sortir du corps par les pores. 2. Suer ; produire une exhalation humide à la surface de la peau. 3. Dégager une idée, une habitude, une émotion. 4. Se dit de ce qu’on s’efforce de tenir secret, mais dont quelque chose commence à être connu, divulgué, révélé.
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 transpirer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- transpirant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- transpiré participle past
- transpire first-person indicative present
- transpires indicative present second-person
- transpirons first-person indicative plural
- transpirez indicative plural present
- transpirent indicative plural present
- transpirais first-person imperfect indicative
- transpirait imperfect indicative singular
- transpirions first-person imperfect indicative
- transpiriez imperfect indicative plural
- transpiraient imperfect indicative plural
- transpirai first-person historic indicative
- transpiras historic indicative past
- transpira historic indicative past
- transpirâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce transpirer?
- /tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe/
- \tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe\
- [tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to transpirer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is transpirer in French?
transpirer appears 1.1 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).