bêcheur
French, noun/bɛ.ʃœʁ/
bêcheur is spelled B-Ê-C-H-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bêcheur is a French masculine noun meaning “digger (person who digs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui bêche, qui retourne la terre d’un jardin à l’aide d’une bêche”.
What does bêcheur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedigger (person who digs)
- 2
derogatorymasculinebadmouther
- 3
derogatorymasculinesnob
adjective
- 1
derogatorybadmouthing
- 2
derogatorysnobbish
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui bêche, qui retourne la terre d’un jardin à l’aide d’une bêche. 2. Celui qui bêche, qui dit du mal des autres. 3. Celui qui est prétentieux et snob.
adjective: 1. Qui dit du mal des autres. 2. Prétentieux et snob.
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 bêcheur
- bêcheurs plural
- bêcheuse feminine
- bêcheuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bêcheur?
- /bɛ.ʃœʁ/
- /be.ʃœʁ/
- \bɛ.ʃœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bêcheur in French?
bêcheur appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).