accapareur
French, noun/a.ka.pa.ʁœʁ/
accapareur is spelled A-C-C-A-P-A-R-E-U-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Accapareur is a French masculine noun meaning “hoarder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui accapare”.
What does accapareur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehoarder
- 2
masculinemonopolist
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui accapare.
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 accapareur
- accapareurs plural
- accapareuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce accapareur?
- /a.ka.pa.ʁœʁ/
- \a.ka.pa.ʁœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is accapareur in French?
accapareur appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).