French verbs beginning with T

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

• se tapirto hide (reflexive)
• se targuerto claim, boast (reflexive)
• se trémousserto jig, jiggle, wiggle
• tabasserbeat up (to give a beating to); to thwack, clobber
• tablerto base one's scheming (intransitive)
• tabouermake taboo; prohibit
• tabouiserto consider taboo
• tabulerto tabulate (transitive)
• tacherto soil or stain; to tarnish one's reputation
• tacheterto spot; to dapple
• taclerto tackle
• tafferto work, slog (informal)
• tailladerto slash (e.g. with knife etc.)
• taillerto cut; to sharpen; to do one, to clear off (informal)
• tairekeep quiet about; conceal; stop talking (se taire)
• talerto damage (a fruit) (transitive)
• tallertiller; produce side shoots
• talocherto clout, thump (transitive)
• talonnerto heel, follow closely, be on someone's heels; to kick (a horse) with the heel; to harass, bug, hassle; to heel
• talquerto talc (transitive)
• tambourinerto drum, drum down (transitive)
• tamiserto sieve, to sift (use a sieve)
• tamponnerto tamp; to swab; to buffer
• tancerto scold, reprimand, rebuke (literary)
• tanguerto sway back and forth (intransitive); to spin, sway (seem to be moving) (intransitive); to shake (not perform well) (intransitive)
• taniserincrease the tannin content
• tannerto tan (in leather-making) (transitive); to beat physically, whip, thrash (transitive); to exasperate, annoy, make someone sick of something (transitive)
• tanniserto increase tannin content
• tantalisertempt; torment
• tapagerto be noisy; to make noise
• taperhit; knock; type
• tapinerto go on the game (to work as a prostitute) (slang); to work, to hustle (slang)
• tapirisergive private lessons (obsolete, slang)
• tapisserto carpet (cover with carpet); to decorate; to cover; to overlay
• tapoterto tap (strike lightly and repeatedly)
• taquerto level type; to secure a rope; to strike
• taquinerto tease
• tarabiscoterto decorate elaborately
• tarabusterto bother (someone) (transitive)
• tarauderto tap (a nut); to thread (a screw); to bore into; to torment, to prey on someone's mind (figurative)
• tarderto tarry; to be slow to do something (tarder à faire quelque chose); Used as an impersonal verb with de or que to express impatience
• tarerto spoil; to tarnish; to tare
• tariferto fix the price (of) (transitive)
• tarifierto fix the tariff on (archaic)
• tarirto dry up (transitive); to exhaust, use up (transitive); to talk non-stop (about something) (intransitive); to dwindle, to dry up, to peter out (reflexive)
• tarmacadamisercover with tarmacadam
• tartinerto spread (on bread, etc.) (transitive)
• tartirto shit (slang); to piss about; to fuck about (slang); to piss off (slang)
• tasserto pile together, to put into a pile; to compress or to pack vertically; (for a person) to shrink, e.g. with age; (for things) to sort itself out with time
• tatariserto make Tatar
• tatillonnerpester
• tatouerto tattoo (transitive)
• taudifierturn into slums
• tautologiserto render tautological; to state tautologies
• tautomérisertransform into a tautomer
• tavelerto become spotted, or speckled (referring to the skin of certain animals)
• taxerto tax, to impose a tax on; to accuse (transitive); to call, to label (transitive)
• tayloriserorganize work using Taylorist methods
• tchatcherto chat
• techniciserto technicize
• techniserto technicalize
• technocratiserto give a technocratic character to
• teillerto separate flax or hemp fiber from the stem
• teindreto dye; to tint, tinge
• teinterto tint; to color
• temporiserto temporize, stall (intransitive)
• tempérerto temper, to soothe, to assuage
• tempêterto rant, to rave, kick up a fuss (intransitive)
• tenaillerto torture with pincers (transitive); to torment (transitive)
• tendreto tighten (transitive); to stretch out (transitive); to tend (intransitive); to strive (intransitive)
• tenirhold; keep; last; care about (tenir à)
• tenonnerto fit tenons
• tensionnertension a band-saw blade
• tentertry; attempt; tempt; appeal to
• tercerto plough a third time (transitive)
• tergiverserto delay answering or deciding with excuses; to hesitate at length
• terminerfinish; complete; end
• ternirto tarnish (metal), fade (material); to tarnish (reputation etc.)
• terrasserfortify or buttress with a mound of earth; floor an opponent; defeat thoroughly
• terreauterto compost; to loam
• terrerto spread with soil (transitive); to crouch down, flatten oneself; to lie low, hide; to go to ground; to hole up
• terrifierto terrify (transitive)
• terrirto emerge on shore; to land
• territorialiserto territorialize
• terroriserto terrorize, terrify (transitive)
• terserto plough a third time (transitive)
• tertiairiserto increase the share of the service sector
• tertiariserto become increasingly dependent on the tertiary sector
• testertest; try out; make a will (legal)
• texturertexturize
• texturiserto give texture to
• thermaliserbring to thermal equilibrium
• thermiserto heat a food product at temperatures lower than those required for pasteurization (transitive)
• thermovinifierto heat-ferment wine
• thyroïdectomiserremove thyroid
• thématiserto make thematic; to take as theme
• théologisertheologize
• théoriserto theorize
• thésauriserto hoard
• théâtraliserto make theatrical; to theatricalize
• tiercerto plough a third time (transitive)
• tillerseparate flax or hemp fiber from the stem
• timbrerto stamp (attach a postage stamp to); to stamp (mark with a stamp)
• tinterto chime; to jingle; to ring (intransitive)
• tintinnabulerto tintinnabulate
• tiquerto bat an eyelid; to crib-bite, to practice cribbing
• tiraillerto pull, to tug; to tear somebody in two, to make somebody hesitate (figurative); to skirmish
• tirebouchonnerto take a spiralling shape evocative of a corkscrew (intransitive)
• tirerpull; shoot; draw
• tiserto stoke (a furnace, etc.) (transitive); to booze, hit the bottle (slang, transitive)
• tisonnerto poke (transitive)
• tisserto weave, plait, wreathe (transitive)
• titanisertreat with titanium
• titillerto titillate
• titrerto title (to give an honorific title to someone) (transitive); to titrate
• titriserto securitize
• tituberto stagger (intransitive)
• titulariserto grant tenure to (transitive)
• tiédirto become lukewarm (intransitive)
• toiletterto groom (an animal)
• toiserto size up (figurative, transitive); to measure, to gauge someone's height (originally, using a height gauge) (archaic, transitive)
• toluisercover with Tolu balsam
• tolérerto tolerate
• tomberfall; drop; happen to fall on a date
• tomerdivide into volumes
• tondreto shear (sheep) (transitive); to mow, cut (grass; a lawn) (transitive); to clip, cut (hair) (transitive); to shave (one's head) (transitive)
• tonifierto tone up, to strengthen
• tonitruerto thunder, crack (make a sound like thunder) (intransitive); to thunder (scream loudly and harshly) (intransitive)
• tonnerto thunder (impersonal); to thunder (to make a noise like thunder) (impersonal)
• tonsurerto tonsure
• tontinerto participate in a tontine
• toperto agree, consent; to shake on it; to top out
• topicalisermake an element the topic of a sentence (linguistics)
• toquerto bother, to dog (transitive); to hit, to tap, to bang, to knock (transitive); to fall in love; to fall head over heels (with) (informal, reflexive)
• torcherto wipe with a cloth to remove dirt; to flare (to burn off excess gas at a petroleum drilling site); to churn out (slang); not to care, not to give a fuck (reflexive, vulgar)
• torchonnerto wipe with a cloth; to slack off; to intoxicate
• tordreto twist; to bend (transitive); to wring (transitive); to writhe (reflexive)
• torpillerto torpedo (attack with a torpedo) (transitive)
• torréfierto roast (especially coffee) (transitive)
• torsaderto twist
• tortillerto twist, twirl (transitive); to wriggle, squirm, writhe (reflexive)
• torturerto torture (to intentionally inflict severe pain on someone, usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them) (transitive); to torture (figurative, transitive)
• toréerto fight a bull, in bullfighting
• totaliserto total (add up several numbers)
• totalitariserto make totalitarian
• touchertouch; affect; move emotionally; receive money
• touerto tug or tow a ship, to haul a barge
• touillerto stir, toss
• toupillershape wood with a spindle moulder; spin like a top
• toupinerspin around; doze (regional)
• tourberto dig up peat
• tourbillonnerto swirl, whirl (intransitive); to twirl (intransitive)
• tourmenterto torment, to torture; to torment, to bother, to harass
• tournaillerto wander round and round
• tourneboulerto confuse
• tournerturn; rotate; shoot a film; go off (food)
• tournicoterto flit around (intransitive)
• tourniquerto wind (around) (intransitive)
• tournoyerto whirl, to swirl (intransitive); to eddy, to swirl (intransitive); to whirl, to swirl, to twirl, to whirl round, to swirl round, to twirl round (intransitive); to circle, to circle round, to wheel (intransitive)
• toussaillercough
• tousserto cough (intransitive)
• toussoterto splutter (have a light cough) (intransitive)
• traboulerconnect streets via a passageway; traverse a quarter; go
• tracasserto bother, to annoy, to worry (informal, transitive); to fret, to fuss (dated, intransitive)
• tracerto draw or plot (a diagram), to trace out (transitive); to rule (a line) (transitive); to buck up, hurry up (informal)
• trachéotomiserto tracheotomize
• tracterto pull, to pull behind; to hand out flyers
• traduireto translate; to summon
• traficotertinker; fiddle with; engage in small-scale shady dealings (informal)
• trafiquerto traffic (e.g. drugs); to tamper with
• trahirbetray; give away a secret; reveal unintentionally
• trainouillersluggishly drag
• traireto milk (a cow, etc) (transitive)
• traitertreat; deal with; process; call someone a name
• tramerto weave; to hatch, think up, come up with (figurative)
• tranchefilermake the headband of a bookbinding
• trancherto slice, cut into slices (transitive); to complete, conclude (literary, transitive); to decide, settle, address (figurative, transitive); to rule, make a ruling, come to a decision (intransitive)
• tranquilliserto calm, to reassure (transitive)
• transbahuterto cart (transitive)
• transborderto ferry (transitive)
• transcenderto transcend
• transcoderto transcode; to compile
• transcrireto transcribe (all senses)
• transestérifierto transesterify
• transfigurerto transfigure
• transfilerjoin two fabrics with a cord; wrap an object with small cord
• transformertransform; turn into; convert
• transfuserto transfuse
• transférerto transfer, remove (intransitive, transitive); to forward
• transgresserto transgress, infringe (a rule)
• transhumerto move livestock according to transhumance (intransitive); to move according to transhumance (transitive)
• transigerto compromise
• transirto cut through, to pass through (figurative)
• transistoriserto transistorize
• transiterto transit
• translaterto translate
• translittérerto transliterate
• transmettreto transmit (transitive)
• transmigrerto transmigrate (migrate to another country) (intransitive); to transmigrate (pass into another body after death) (intransitive)
• transmuerto transmute (transitive)
• transmuterto transmute (transitive)
• transnationalisertransnationalise
• transparaîtreto show through (of light etc.); to become apparent, to show
• transpercerto pierce, to impale (transitive)
• transpirerto transpire; to perspire, sweat
• transplanterto transplant (uproot and replant (a plant)); to transplant (change an organ)
• transporterto transport (transitive)
• transposerto transpose (reverse or change the order of two)
• transsuderto transude
• transvaserto decant, to transfer (to pour from one vessel into another) (transitive)
• traquerto track, follow; to track down, hunt down; to hound
• traumatiserto traumatise (transitive)
• travaillerwork; study; work on
• travailloterwork a little
• traversercross; go through; experience a difficult period
• travestirto disguise (transitive); to dress up (especially in clothes of the opposite sex) (reflexive); to travesty (to make a travesty of), distort (transitive)
• traînaillerto dawdle (intransitive); to mooch (intransitive)
• traînasserto dawdle (intransitive); to mooch (intransitive)
• traînerdrag; trail; linger; hang around
• treillagerto trellis, equip with a trellis
• treillisserto trellis
• tremblerto tremble, shake
• trembloterto quiver (intransitive)
• tremperto soak, to drench, to wet (transitive); to dip, to dunk, to immerse (transitive); to temper (metal), to harden (transitive)
• tressaillirto thrill, shiver, quiver; to vibrate; to twitch, start, shudder, jump
• tressauterto jump, act jumpy
• tresserto plait, braid (transitive)
• triangulerto triangulate
• tribaliserto tribalize
• triballerwork leather with a breaking tool
• tricherto cheat
• tricoterto knit
• trierto sort, to sort out; to grade; to calibrate
• trifouillerto tamper (with), tinker (informal); to rummage, rummage around (+dans = in) (informal, intransitive); to dabble (informal, intransitive)
• trigonaliserto triangularize
• trillerto trill
• trimarderroam the roads as a vagrant; transport along roads
• trimbalerto drag (informal, transitive); to lug, lug around, cart (informal, transitive); to have in mind (informal, transitive); to run ragged (informal, transitive)
• trimballerto drag (informal, transitive); to lug, lug around, cart (informal, transitive); to have in mind (informal, transitive); to run ragged (informal, transitive)
• trimerto slave away (to work very hard) (informal); to walk for a long time; to tramp (dated)
• trimériserto trimerize
• tringlerto shaft, shag, hump (have sex with) (slang)
• trinquerto clink glasses, toast; to booze, drink alcohol
• triompherto triumph
• tripatouillerto grope; to fiddle with
• triplerto triple (intransitive, transitive)
• triploïdisermake triploid
• tripoterto fiddle with; to feel up
• triquerbeat with a stick; sort timber; have sex (vulgar)
• trisserchirp; whistle; repeat three times
• triturerto triturate
• trivialisertrivialise: make trivial
• tromperdeceive; cheat on a partner; be mistaken (se tromper)
• trompeterto trumpet
• tronquerto truncate (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it); to shorten, cut
• tronçonnerto slice, to slice up
• tropicaliseradapt to a tropical environment; make something more resistant to tropical heat and humidity; take on a tropical character
• troquerto barter (exchange goods or services without involving money)
• trotterto trot
• trottinerto trot, to amble (intransitive)
• troublerto disturb, disrupt (order, sleep, judgement etc.); to disturb, to trouble (someone); to cloud, become cloudy (of water); to become cloudy, become overcast (of sky) (reflexive); to become flustered (reflexive)
• trouerto hole, pierce
• trousserto fold up; to hitch up; to truss; to expedite
• trouverfind; consider; think something is
• truanderto con, cheat (transitive)
• truciderto kill, slay, murder (informal)
• trufferto add truffles to; to cram, stuff
• truquerto tamper with, to fiddle, to falsify; to trick; to fix, rig (e.g. elections, a sports match)
• trusquinerto mark out with a marking gauge; to scribe
• trusterto put into a trust; to monopolize; to trust; to believe in (informal)
• trébucherto trip, to stumble (intransitive)
• tréfilerdraw metal into wire
• trématerto overtake another vessel; to pass (sandy banks)
• trémulerto tremble, to shake (intransitive); to shake (transitive)
• trépanerto trepan (transitive)
• trépasserto cross over; to pass away (to die)
• trépiderto vibrate (intransitive); to shudder (intransitive); to throb (intransitive)
• trépignerto stamp or shuffle one's feet (usually of horses or humans) (intransitive); to wait nervously or angrily (figurative, intransitive); to trample (transitive); to severely criticize, to speak badly of (figurative, transitive)
• trévirermove a heavy load using ropes
• trônerto sit on a throne (archaic, intransitive)
• tuberto make into a tube shape; to put into a tube
• tuberculiniserinject tuberculin
• tuberculiserproduce tubercles
• tubérifierform tubers
• tubériserto tuberize
• tuerkill
• tuilerto tile (transitive); to tile (a lodge)
• tuméfierto tumefy
• tunnellisertunnel; make a tunnel
• turbinerto churn; to bust a gut (work hard) (informal); to walk the street, prostitute oneself (slang)
• turlupinerto bother, to exasperate (transitive); to make fun of, to take the mickey out of (transitive)
• turquifierto give a Turkish character to
• turquiserto give a Turkish character to
• tuteurerto fit out with a tuteur
• tutoyerto thou (to address (someone) using the informal second-person pronoun tu rather than the formal vous) (transitive); to be familiar with, to be close to something (informal)
• tuyauterform tubular pleats in fabric or lace; give inside tips; inform (informal)
• twitterto tweet (to post to Twitter) (intransitive, transitive)
• tympaniserto publicly denounce; to shout down
• tyndallisersterilize by repeated heating cycles
• typergive a characteristic appearance to; have a characteristic appearance; type on a keyboard (Quebec)
• typifierclassify by type
• typiserclassify; categorize
• tyranniserto tyrannise
• tâcherto try, attempt, endeavour (intransitive); to ensure (transitive)
• tâterto feel (touch lightly, to sense consistency or temperature); to get a feel for; to go to see someone (obsolete, slang)
• tâtonnerto feel one's way, grope around, fumble (intransitive)
• télescoperto telescope (transitive); to crash (into) or clash (with) (transitive)
• télexerto telex (transitive)
• téléchargerto download (to transfer data from an outside source to one's own disk or data storage) (transitive); to upload (to transfer data to from one's own source to a second location) (transitive)
• télécommanderto operate a remote control
• télécopierTo fax
• télédiffuserto televise (broadcast on TV) (transitive)
• télégraphierto telegraph
• téléguiderto control by remote control; to orchestrate (figurative)
• télélocaliserdetermine a location remotely
• télématiserintroduce telematics systems
• télémétrermeasure a distance remotely, often with a rangefinder
• téléphonerphone; call
• télépiloterto pilot at a distance
• télésignalisertransmit by tele-signaling
• télésurveillermonitor remotely
• télétraiterprocess remotely
• téléviserto televise
• témoignertestify; bear witness; show a feeling
• ténorisersing in the tenor voice; transcribe the substance of a document
• tétaniserto tetanize; to petrify, to scare stiff
• téterto suckle (on a mother's teat); to brownnose (informal)