Grammatical class

Verb

estimer

(transitive) to estimate, to calculate roughly

Details

Syllables

es-ti-mer

Phonetics

ɛs.ti.me

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

12693

Freq. (movies)

10427

Freq. (news)

8803

Sentences

La distance est difficile à estimer.

The distance is hard to estimate.

A1

Tu ne peux pas estimer cet état.

You can't estimate this state.

A2

Essaie d'estimer combien tu dépenses en livres.

Try to estimate how much you spent on books.

A2

Pouvez-vous estimer quel retard aura le train ?

Can you estimate how late the train will be?

B1

Veuillez estimer les pertes pour vendredi au plus tard.

Please estimate the losses by Friday at the latest.

B1

J'aime estimer mes ingrédients au juger, principalement parce que je n'aime pas laver constamment mes bols mesureurs.

I like to eyeball my ingredients, mostly because I don't feel like washing my measuring cups over and over.

B1

Il faut toujours estimer ses propres professeurs.

You should always think highly of your own teachers.

B2