bricoleur
French, noun/bʁi.kɔ.lœʁ/
bricoleur is spelled B-R-I-C-O-L-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,217th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bricoleur is a French masculine noun meaning “tinkerer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui bricole”.
What does bricoleur mean in English?
adjective
- 1
skillful, handyman-like, able to DIY
noun
- 1
masculinetinkerer
- 2
masculinehandyman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui bricole.
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 bricoleur
- bricoleuse feminine
- bricoleurs masculine plural
- bricoleuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bricoleur?
- /bʁi.kɔ.lœʁ/
- \bʁi.kɔ.lœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bricoleur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bricoleur in French?
bricoleur appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).