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cartonnier

French, noun/kaʁ.tɔ.nje/

cartonnier is spelled C-A-R-T-O-N-N-I-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written French, the 192,066th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cartonnier is a French masculine noun meaning “cartonnier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui fabrique et vend du carton”.

What does cartonnier mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecartonnier

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecardboard vendor or maker

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui rappelle le carton.

noun: 1. Celui qui fabrique et vend du carton. 2. Celui qui fabrique et vend des cartons perforés destinés aux orgues de Barbarie et aux limonaires. On dit aussi noteur. 3. Meuble à compartiments où l’on place des cartons.

noun: 1. Variante orthographique de quartonnier.

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 cartonnier

  • cartonniers plural
  • cartonnière feminine
  • cartonnières plural feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cartonnier?

  • /kaʁ.tɔ.nje/
  • \kaʁ.tɔ.nje\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is cartonnier in French?

cartonnier appears about once in every 36 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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