bonimenteur

\bɔ.ni.mɑ̃.tœʁ\

/\bɔ.ni.mɑ̃.tœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“bonimenteur” is uncommon French (frequency #94,542 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,542
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vendeur sur un marché, qui vante les bienfaits de sa marchandise.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bonimenteur · bonimenteur · French

bonimenteur · rank #94,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,542
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH blasphémateur

Nearest frequency peer: blasphémateur (-3 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « bonimenteur »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bonimenteur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bonimenteur
PropertyValue
Headwordbonimenteur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔ.ni.mɑ̃.tœʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#94,542
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bonimenteur » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bonimenteurtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « blasphémateur » (#94,539), « Bormann » (#94,545), « blanchon » (#94,538). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bonimenteur » est au #94,542. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bonimenteur is uncommon French at frequency #94,542 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ.ni.mɑ̃.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for bonimenteur in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bonimenteur, spelled B-O-N-I-M-E-N-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vendeur sur un marché, qui vante les bienfaits de sa marchandise.
  2. 2
    Présentateur chargé de commenter les films à l'époque du cinéma muet.
  3. 3
    Vendeur à l’argumentation habile.
  4. 4
    Celui qui tient des arguments plus ou moins fallacieux dans le but de séduire, persuader ou convaincre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bonimenteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Démarcheur dans une maison d’assurances, il ne sut forcer les retraites, convaincre des gens furieux de son intrusion, et fit alors, sur les boulevards, de piteux essais de bonimenteur pour un jouet articulé…
  2. Antoine de Maximy promène partout un air un peu distant de Kerouac aristocrate. Il pousse loin l’insolence du dialogue, avec une fausse hésitation, en retrait, plus efficace que l’excès familier des bonimenteurs de foire.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bonimenteur"?
"bonimenteur" is spelled B-O-N-I-M-E-N-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ.ni.mɑ̃.tœʁ\.
What does "bonimenteur" mean?
As a noun, "bonimenteur" means: Vendeur sur un marché, qui vante les bienfaits de sa marchandise.
How do you pronounce "bonimenteur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bonimenteur" is \bɔ.ni.mɑ̃.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bonimenteur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bonimenteur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list