avertisseur
French, noun/a.vɛʁ.ti.sœʁ/
avertisseur is spelled A-V-E-R-T-I-S-S-E-U-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,211th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avertisseur is a French masculine noun meaning “warning (device)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui avertit”.
What does avertisseur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewarning (device)
- 2
masculinehorn, hooter, klaxon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui avertit. 2. Officier qui avertissait de l'approche du roi. 3. Un appareil destiné à donner un signal ou à prévenir d’un danger. 4. Klaxon.
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 avertisseur
- avertisseurs plural
- avertisseuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avertisseur?
- /a.vɛʁ.ti.sœʁ/
- \a.vɛʁ.ti.sœʁ\
- [a.vɛʁ.ti.sœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is avertisseur in French?
avertisseur appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).