intéresser
French
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to interest; to make interested
- (reflexive) to be interested in; to have an interest
Etymology
Suffix from French intéressant (interesting).
Origin
French
intéressant
Gloss
interesting
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- interesse Latin
- interesse, intersum Latin
- Interesse German
- Interessent German
- interessant German
- interessieren German
- interessant Dutch, Flemish
- désintéressement French
- désintéresser French
- inintéressant French
- intéressant French
- intéressement French
- интерес Russian
- interés Spanish, Castilian
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- interessant Norwegian Bokmål
- interessere Norwegian Bokmål
- interesse Portuguese
- interesant Polish
- interessant Norwegian Nynorsk
- interesse Norwegian Nynorsk
- interessere Norwegian Nynorsk
- interessant Danish
- interesse Danish
- interessent Danish
- interessere Danish
- interesse Old French
- interès Catalan, Valencian
- interesant Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- interesants Latvian
- enteresan Turkish
- אינטערעסאַנט Yiddish
- ინტერესი Georgian
- interese Mauritian Creole