chronométreur
French, noun/kʁɔ.nɔ.me.tʁœʁ/
chronométreur is spelled C-H-R-O-N-O-M-É-T-R-E-U-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chronométreur is a French masculine noun meaning “timekeeper, a person who records the times elapsed in a sporting event” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne dont le travail est de mesurer le temps, notamment lors d’une épreuve sportive”.
What does chronométreur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetimekeeper, a person who records the times elapsed in a sporting event
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne dont le travail est de mesurer le temps, notamment lors d’une épreuve sportive.
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 chronométreur
- chronométreurs plural
- chronométreuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chronométreur?
- /kʁɔ.nɔ.me.tʁœʁ/
- \kʁo.no.me.tʁœʁ\
- \kʁɔ.nɔ.me.tʁœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chronométreur in French?
chronométreur appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).