cambiste
French, noun/kɑ̃.bist/
cambiste is spelled C-A-M-B-I-S-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 164,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cambiste is a French masculine noun meaning “foreign exchange trader” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne faisant des opérations de change”.
What does cambiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineforeign exchange trader
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui pratique des opérations de change.
noun: 1. Personne faisant des opérations de change.
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 cambiste
- cambistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cambiste?
- /kɑ̃.bist/
- \kɑ̃.bist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cambiste in French?
cambiste appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).