barreur
French, noun/ba.ʁœʁ/
barreur is spelled B-A-R-R-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 72,190th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barreur is a French masculine noun meaning “helmsman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui tient la barre d'un bateau pour le diriger”.
What does barreur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehelmsman
- 2
masculinecox
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui tient la barre d'un bateau pour le diriger. 2. En aviron, membre d'une équipe de rameurs chargé d’assurer le rythme et de diriger le bateau.
noun: 1. Chien pour chasser le chevreuil. ^([2])
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 barreur
- barreurs plural
- barreuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barreur?
- /ba.ʁœʁ/
- /bɑ.ʁœʁ/
- \ba.ʁœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barreur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barreur in French?
barreur appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).