French verbs beginning with O

107 verbs with English meanings. Select a verb to see its conjugation.

• objecterto object to (oppose oneself to something or someone) (transitive); to adduce, to allege (propose as a justification or excuse) (transitive)
• objectiverto objectivize (transitive)
• obligeroblige; force someone to; do someone a favour
• obliquerto bear, bear off (intransitive); to look away (from someone) (intransitive)
• oblitérerto fade out (memories) (transitive); to block, block up, obstruct (transitive); to cancel (a stamp); stub (a ticket, so that it is no longer valid) (transitive)
• obnubilerto cloud, to obscure (transitive); to obsess, to engross (transitive)
• obombrerto shade; to cover with one’s shadow (intransitive, literary); to darken; to sadden (literary)
• obscurcirto darken (a colour); to obscure, to blur (figurative); to obfuscate; to darken (reflexive)
• observerobserve; watch; notice; comply with
• obstruerto block off, to obstruct
• obséderto obsess
• obtempérerto obey (transitive); to comply with, to abide by (transitive)
• obtenirobtain; get; secure a result
• obturerto seal, close up; to hide (figurative)
• obvenirto happen, to occur (rare)
• obvierto obviate
• obéirobey; follow a rule
• obérerto be a burden on (transitive); to be a threat to (transitive)
• occasionnerto provoke, to cause
• occidentaliserto westernise
• occireto slay (archaic, literary)
• occlureto occlude
• occulterto occult (transitive)
• occuperoccupy; take up space or time; employ
• ocrerto ochre (cover with ochre)
• octavierto octavate
• octroyerto grant
• octuplerto octuple; to multiply by eight
• océaniserto make oceanic; to adapt to Oceania; to dump in the ocean
• odorerto smell; to sense (a smell) (rare, transitive); to exhale, to give off (a smell); to smell (rare, transitive); to scent; to give a smell to (archaic, literary, rare, transitive)
• odoriserto give an odor to
• oeuvrerto work
• offenserto offend (to insult, to cause offence); to hurt (physically damage)
• officialiserto formalise
• officierto officiate
• offrirgive as a gift; offer; provide
• offusquerto offend (transitive); to be offended (by), to take offence (at)
• oindreto anoint (dated)
• oiselertrain a bird for falconry; hunt with a bird of prey; trap small birds
• oligomériserto combine molecules into oligomers
• oligopoliserto make an oligopoly
• omanisergive an Omani character to
• ombragerto shade (transitive); to overshadow (transitive)
• ombrerto shade (put into the shade)
• omettreto omit (transitive)
• ondoyerto sway, undulate
• ondulerto undulate, to ripple, to wave
• opacifierto opacify (transitive)
• opaliserto give something an opalescent hue; to acquire an opalescent sheen
• opiaceradd opium
• opinerto opine
• opposerto oppose; to oppose, to be opposed to (reflexive)
• oppresserto oppress (transitive); to squeeze so as to prevent breathing (transitive)
• opprimerto oppress (to keep down by force)
• opterto opt
• optimaliserTo optimalise
• optimiserto optimize
• opérerto operate (on) (transitive); to take place (reflexive)
• oraliserto oralize/oralise
• orangerto make orange in color
• orchestrerto orchestrate
• ordonnancerto authorize
• ordonnerorder; command; arrange; prescribe
• organicisergive an organic character to
• organiserorganise; arrange; put in order
• organsinertwist silk
• orientaliserto orientalise
• orienterto orientate; to set to north; to guide
• ornementerto ornement (transitive)
• ornerto decorate, to adorn
• orthogonaliserto orthogonalize
• orthographierto spell (transitive)
• orthonormaliserto orthonormalize
• oscariserto award an Oscar to (transitive)
• oscillerto oscillate; to wobble
• osculterauscultate; listen to internal body sounds with a stethoscope
• oserdare; venture to
• ossianiserimitate Ossian's style; make something resemble Ossian's style
• ossifierto ossify (turn to bone)
• ostraciserto ostracize (transitive)
• ouaterto cotton-wool (cover with cotton wool)
• ouatinerto cover with batting
• oublierforget; leave behind
• ouillerto add wine to a barrel to replace evaporated wine
• ouralitisertransform pyroxene to amphibole
• ourdirto warp (set up a weaving frame) (transitive); to plot (set up a plan) (literary, transitive)
• ourlerto hem
• outillerto equip; to tool up (transitive)
• outragerto offend greatly, insult; to outrage; to rape (literary)
• outrepasserto go beyond, exceed, overstep
• outrerto exaggerate (transitive); to outrage (transitive)
• ouvragerto work delicately; to adorn; to enrich
• ouvrerto work
• ouvriropen
• ouvriérisergive a working-class character to
• ouïrto hear (archaic); to listen (archaic)
• ovaliserto ovalize
• ovariectomiserremove ovaries surgically
• ovationnerto cheer (give an ovation); to ovation (transitive)
• ovulerto ovulate
• oxyderto oxidise
• oxygénerto oxygenate
• oxytoniserto accentuate the final syllable
• ozoniserto ozonize
• s’obstinerto persevere, persist, insist (reflexive); be obstinate about something (reflexive)
• s’opiniâtrerstubbornly hold to an opinion
• ôterto take away, remove; to take off, remove (clothes, etc.); to remove, cut (text etc.); to take away (in arithmetic); to take (something) away from someone; to deprive