chargeuse
French, noun/ʃaʁ.ʒøz/
chargeuse is spelled C-H-A-R-G-E-U-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chargeuse is a French feminine noun meaning “loader, front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, wheel loader (construction machine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of chargeur. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Engin automoteur équipé à l’avant d’un godet relevable et servant à soulever, à déplacer des matériaux”.
What does chargeuse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of chargeur
- 2
feminineloader, front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, wheel loader (construction machine)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Engin automoteur équipé à l’avant d’un godet relevable et servant à soulever, à déplacer des matériaux. 2. Machine servant à charger un camion. 3. Véhicule transportant de la marchandise illicite, précédé d’une ouvreuse. 4. Ouvrière aux tailles qui charge le charbon dans les wagonets qui l’emportent, par les galeries de roulage, vers le puits d’extraction.
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 chargeuse
- chargeuses plural
- chargeur masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chargeuse?
- /ʃaʁ.ʒøz/
- \ʃaʁ.ʒøz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chargeuse in French?
chargeuse appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).