amorceur
French, noun/a.mɔʁ.sœʁ/
amorceur is spelled A-M-O-R-C-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written French, the 226,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amorceur is a French masculine noun meaning “initiator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui amorce”.
What does amorceur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinitiator
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui amorce, qui assure l’amorçage.
noun: 1. Celui qui amorce.
noun: 1. Élément qui assure l’amorçage d’un dispositif. 2. Ce qui favorise une réaction. 3. Petit entonnoir monté sur une petite vanne ou un système de siphon, l'ensemble est fixé sur le corps d'un pompe pour la remplir de liquide en vue de son amorçage et éviter qu'elle ne se détériore en tournant à vide.
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 amorceur
- amorceurs plural
- amorceuse feminine
- amorceuses plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amorceur?
- /a.mɔʁ.sœʁ/
- \a.mɔʁ.sœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is amorceur in French?
amorceur appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).