abatteur
French, noun/a.ba.tœʁ/
abatteur is spelled A-B-A-T-T-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abatteur is a French masculine noun meaning “someone who fells; who knocks something down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui abat”.
What does abatteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesomeone who fells; who knocks something down
- 2
masculinea boaster
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui abat. 2. En Afrique équatoriale francophone, bûcheron spécialisé dans l’abattage des arbres de grandes dimensions. 3. Celui qui abat du travail. 4. Ouvrier qui attaque la veine au pic, avec ou sans le secours d’explosifs, pour en faire tomber la houille en blocs et morceaux.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abatteur
- abatteurs plural
- abatteuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abatteur?
- /a.ba.tœʁ/
- \a.ba.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abatteur in French?
abatteur appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).