arpenteur
French, noun/aʁ.pɑ̃.tœʁ/
arpenteur is spelled A-R-P-E-N-T-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arpenteur is a French masculine noun meaning “surveyor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui arpente, qui mesure les terres”.
What does arpenteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesurveyor
adjective
- 1
surveying
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui arpente.
noun: 1. Celui qui arpente, qui mesure les terres.
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 arpenteur
- arpenteurs plural
- arpenteuse feminine
- arpenteuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arpenteur?
- /aʁ.pɑ̃.tœʁ/
- \aʁ.pɑ̃.tœʁ\
- [aʁ.pɑ̃.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 arpenteur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arpenteur in French?
arpenteur appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).