aboyeur
French, noun/a.bwa.jœʁ/
aboyeur is spelled A-B-O-Y-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 122,418th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aboyeur is a French masculine noun meaning “someone whose job or involves crying out at people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chien qui aboie à la vue du sanglier, sans en approcher”.
What does aboyeur mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Which barks or makes a sound like barking
Le lévrier irlandais est un chien amical, doux, loyal envers son maître et sa famille, calme et non aboyeur.
noun
- 1
masculinesomeone whose job or involves crying out at people
- 2
masculinesomeone who yells a lot at someone else, who heckles, or criticize violently in speech or writing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui aboie ou pousse des cris semblables à des aboiements.
noun: 1. Chien qui aboie à la vue du sanglier, sans en approcher. 2. Celui qui fatigue par des criailleries importunes, par des injures. 3. Celui qui, à la porte des théâtres, hôtels, cafés, restaurants, magasins, etc., appelle les voitures ou attire les clients. 4. Cuisinier se tenant au passe d'un restaurant pendant le service, annonçant à voix haute les plats et vérifiant la bonne exécution des commandes.
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 aboyeur
- aboyeuse feminine
- aboyeurs masculine plural
- aboyeuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aboyeur?
- /a.bwa.jœʁ/
- \a.bwa.jœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aboyeur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aboyeur in French?
aboyeur appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).