capteur
French, noun/kap.tœʁ/
capteur is spelled C-A-P-T-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written French, the 14,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capteur is a French masculine noun meaning “catcher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui capte, qui capture, qui fait une prise”.
What does capteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecatcher
- 2
masculinesensor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui capte.
noun: 1. Celui qui capte, qui capture, qui fait une prise. 2. Appareil destiné à capter. 3. Dispositif détectant une donnée physique de son environnement pour la transformer en signal émis. 4. Instrument qui recueille de l’énergie radiative provenant de la scène visée et délivre un signal électrique correspondant et mesurable.
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 capteur
- capteurs plural
- capteuse singular feminine
- capteuses plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capteur?
- /kap.tœʁ/
- \kap.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to capteur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capteur in French?
capteur appears 3.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).