boxer
French, noun/bɔk.sɛʁ/
boxer is spelled B-O-X-E-R (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 21,266th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boxer is a French masculine noun meaning “boxer (dog)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Race de chien molossoïde type dogue d'origine allemande créée comme chien de défense, d'aspect ramassé, au…”.
What does boxer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineboxer (dog)
noun
- 1
masculineboxer shorts
- 2
masculineboxer engine
verb
- 1
to box (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Race de chien molossoïde type dogue d'origine allemande créée comme chien de défense, d'aspect ramassé, au poil ras, dur et brillant.
noun: 1. Insurgé chinois, membre d’une société secrète connue pour avoir déclenché la révolte des Boxers en 1899-1901.
noun: 1. Sous-vêtement masculin. 2. Moteur multicylindre dans lequel les pistons se déplacent dans un même plan, généralement horizontal.
verb: 1. Se battre à la boxe. 2. Frapper quelqu’un. 3. Se battre.
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 boxer
- boxers plural
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- boxant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- boxé participle past
- boxe first-person indicative present
- boxes indicative present second-person
- boxons first-person indicative plural
- boxez indicative plural present
- boxent indicative plural present
- boxais first-person imperfect indicative
- boxait imperfect indicative singular
- boxions first-person imperfect indicative
- boxiez imperfect indicative plural
- boxaient imperfect indicative plural
- boxai first-person historic indicative
- boxas historic indicative past
- boxa historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boxer?
- /bɔk.sɛʁ/
- /bɔk.se/
- \bɔk.sɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boxer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boxer in French?
boxer appears 1.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).