Try

"Try" in French

essai

(an attempt)

essai

(a score in rugby)

tentative

(an attempt)

essayer

(to attempt)

essayer

(to make an experiment)

essayer

(to taste, sample, etc)

goûter

(to taste, sample, etc)

s'efforcer

(to work on something)

tenter

(to attempt)

tenter

(to make an experiment)

tester

(to put to test)

traduire en justice

(to put on trial)

tâcher

(to attempt)

tâcher

(to make an experiment)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.