câblier
French, noun/ka.bli.je/
câblier is spelled C-Â-B-L-I-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written French, the 304,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Câblier is a French masculine noun meaning “ellipsis of navire câblier: cable layer; cable ship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Navire spécialisé dans la pose, le relevage et l’entretien des câbles de télécommunication sous-marins”.
What does câblier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineellipsis of navire câblier: cable layer; cable ship
noun
- 1
masculinecable maker
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Navire spécialisé dans la pose, le relevage et l’entretien des câbles de télécommunication sous-marins. 2. Fabricant de câbles.
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 câblier
- câbliers plural
- câblière feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce câblier?
- /ka.bli.je/
- /kɑ.bli.je/
- \kɑ.bli.je\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is câblier in French?
câblier appears about once in every 95 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).