expérimenter

to experiment

verb ex-peh-ree-mahn-TEH Rare

Origin: Latin experimentum (a trial)

Also means

to experience

Usage Note

Expérimenter means to conduct an experiment or to try something out. In careful French it differs from éprouver (to feel/experience emotionally) — but in everyday speech expérimenter is increasingly used for 'to experience something'. The noun expérience (f) covers both experiment and personal experience.

Examples

"Les chercheurs ont expérimenté un nouveau traitement."

Natural Translation

The researchers experimented with a new treatment.

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