armateur
French, noun/aʁ.ma.tœʁ/
armateur is spelled A-R-M-A-T-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,653rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Armateur is a French masculine noun meaning “shipowner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne ou société qui arme, qui équipe à ses frais un ou plusieurs bateaux pour commercer”.
What does armateur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshipowner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui s’occupe de l’armement des navires.
noun: 1. Personne ou société qui arme, qui équipe à ses frais un ou plusieurs bateaux pour commercer.
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 armateur
- armateurs plural
- armatrice feminine
- armatrices plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce armateur?
- /aʁ.ma.tœʁ/
- \aʁ.ma.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to armateur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is armateur in French?
armateur appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).