affineur
French, noun/a.fi.nœʁ/
affineur is spelled A-F-F-I-N-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affineur is a French masculine noun meaning “One who refines; refiner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui affine l’or, l’argent ou le fer”.
What does affineur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineOne who refines; refiner
- 2
masculineOne who ages cheese and purveys it
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui affine l’or, l’argent ou le fer. 2. Celui qui affine le chanvre. 3. Celui qui affine le verre. 4. Celle qui surveille et au besoin corrige la maturation des fromages, les rend plus fins.
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 affineur
- affineurs plural
- affineuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce affineur?
- /a.fi.nœʁ/
- \a.fi.nœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is affineur in French?
affineur appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).