ardoisier
French, adjective/aʁ.dwa.zje/
ardoisier is spelled A-R-D-O-I-S-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 155,929th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ardoisier is a French adjective meaning “slate; slaty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à l’ardoise”.
What does ardoisier mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slate; slaty
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à l’ardoise. 2. Qui est fait d'ardoise. 3. Qui a la même structure que l’ardoise.
noun: 1. Exploitant d’une ardoisière. 2. Ouvrier qui travaille l’ardoise. 3. Celui qui, dans une course cycliste, indique, via une ardoise, le temps qui sépare le peloton des coureurs échappés.
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 ardoisier
- ardoisière feminine
- ardoisiers masculine plural
- ardoisières feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ardoisier?
- /aʁ.dwa.zje/
- \aʁ.dwa.zje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ardoisier in French?
ardoisier appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).