centreur
French, noun/sɑ̃.tʁœʁ/
centreur is spelled C-E-N-T-R-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centreur is a French masculine noun meaning “centering peg” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce du moule à chandelles qui tient la mèche au centre”.
What does centreur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecentering peg
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce du moule à chandelles qui tient la mèche au centre. 2. Simbleau, pion de centrage, locating.
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 centreur
- centreurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce centreur?
- /sɑ̃.tʁœʁ/
- \sɑ̃.tʁœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is centreur in French?
centreur appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).