chineur
French, noun/ʃi.nœʁ/
chineur is spelled C-H-I-N-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chineur is a French masculine noun meaning “bargain hunter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouvrier qui procède au chinage, imprimeur spécialiser dans le chinage, ouvrier d'une teinturerie qui prépare…”.
What does chineur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebargain hunter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ouvrier qui procède au chinage, imprimeur spécialiser dans le chinage, ouvrier d'une teinturerie qui prépare les écheveaux qui doivent être chinés. 2. Filou qui vole en augmentant frauduleusement la valeur apparente des objets. 3. Personne qui cherche une trouvaille dans les brocantes et les magasins d’occasion.
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 chineur
- chineurs plural
- chineuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chineur?
- /ʃi.nœʁ/
- \ʃi.nœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chineur in French?
chineur appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).