chercheur
French, noun/ʃɛʁ.ʃœʁ/
chercheur is spelled C-H-E-R-C-H-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,851st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chercheur is a French masculine noun meaning “searcher (one who searches)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui cherche”.
What does chercheur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesearcher (one who searches)
- 2
masculineresearcher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui cherche. 2. Esprit curieux poursuivant sans cesse de nouvelles découvertes. 3. Homme, qui seul ou membre d’une équipe, se consacre à la recherche scientifique.
noun: 1. Petite lunette attachée à un instrument d’observation, typiquement un télescope, pour trouver plus facilement les astres en vue de son observation dans l’instrument principal dont le grossissement plus important rend le repérage difficile.
adjective: 1. Qui recherche, suit une piste.
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 chercheur
- chercheurs plural
- chercheuse feminine
- chercheure feminine
- chercheresse feminine
- chercheureuse neuter
- cherchaire neuter
- chercheuz neuter
- chercheuses plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chercheur?
- /ʃɛʁ.ʃœʁ/
- \ʃɛʁ.ʃœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chercheur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chercheur in French?
chercheur appears 12 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).