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brancardier

French, noun/bʁɑ̃.kaʁ.dje/

brancardier is spelled B-R-A-N-C-A-R-D-I-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 74,663rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brancardier is a French masculine noun meaning “stretcher-bearer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui porte un brancard”.

What does brancardier mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinestretcher-bearer

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Celui qui porte un brancard. 2. Cheval attelé entre les deux brancards.

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 brancardier

  • brancardiers plural
  • brancardière feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce brancardier?

  • /bʁɑ̃.kaʁ.dje/
  • \bʁɑ̃.kaʁ.dje\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to brancardier

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is brancardier in French?

brancardier 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).

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