abducteur
French, noun/ab.dyk.tœʁ/
abducteur is spelled A-B-D-U-C-T-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abducteur is a French masculine noun meaning “abductor (muscle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Muscles produisant l’abduction”.
What does abducteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineabductor (muscle)
adjective
- 1
of the abductor muscles and their movement; abductive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui produit l’abduction.
noun: 1. Muscles produisant l’abduction.
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 abducteur
- abducteurs plural
- abductrice feminine
- abductrices feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abducteur?
- /ab.dyk.tœʁ/
- \ab.dyk.tœʁ\
- [œ̃n‿ab.dyk.tœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abducteur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abducteur in French?
abducteur appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).