French Conversation · Level 13
89 words
French word
vibrer
Pronunciation
IPA/vibʁe/
Meaning
- verbvibrate
Example
Mon téléphone vibre pendant la réunion.
My phone vibrates during the meeting.
More examples
Mon téléphone vibre dans ma poche pendant le film.
My phone vibrates in my pocket during the movie.
Core concept
A rapid, fine tremor passing through an object, a surface, or an intensely moved person.
Common phrases
vibrer pendant un appel
vibrate during a call
vibrer dans la poche
vibrate in the pocket
Similar words
trembler: Consists of small, repeated shaking movements.
secouer: Involves using the hands or force to shake something strongly.
bouger: Involves moving by changing position or direction.
Definition in French
Se mouvoir par de courtes oscillations rapides, provoquer un léger tremblement ; employé au figuré, signifier qu'une personne est fortement émue.
Word origin
French vibrer comes from Latin vibrāre, meaning to shake or swing, through Old French, and retains the Latin stem.
Usage tips
- In the physical sense, vibrer is commonly intransitive, as in Le téléphone vibre, while faire vibrer takes the thing that is made to tremble.
Other meanings
- be movedverb
- trembleverb
Opposites
- immobiliserimmobilizeverb
Related words
- vibrationvibrationnoun
- vibratoirevibratoryadjective