brouteur
French, noun/bʁu.tœʁ/
brouteur is spelled B-R-O-U-T-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brouteur is a French masculine noun meaning “web browser” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an agent noun of brouter (“grazer, browser”). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne ou animal qui broute”.
What does brouteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineagent noun of brouter (“grazer, browser”)
- 2
colloquialmasculineweb browser
- 3
masculineslangmuff diver
- 4
masculineslangInternet scammer, cybercriminal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie un individu qui broute.
noun: 1. Personne ou animal qui broute.
noun: 1. Personne pratiquant le cunnilingus, broute-minou.
noun: 1. Navigateur Web.
noun: 1. Escroc, arnaqueur. 2. Escroc qui contacte ses victimes à distance par Internet.
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 brouteur
- brouteurs plural
- brouteuse feminine
- brouteuses plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brouteur?
- /bʁu.tœʁ/
- \bʁu.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is brouteur in French?
brouteur appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).