colporteur
French, noun/kɔl.pɔʁ.tœʁ/
colporteur is spelled C-O-L-P-O-R-T-E-U-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colporteur is a French masculine noun meaning “peddler, hawker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui colporte des ragots ou des nouvelles”.
What does colporteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepeddler, hawker
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit marchand ambulant qui portait ses marchandises sur son dos ou dans des mannes, dans des caisses, etc. de porte en porte. 2. Celui qui colporte des ragots ou des nouvelles.
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 colporteur
- colporteurs plural
- colporteuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colporteur?
- /kɔl.pɔʁ.tœʁ/
- \kɔl.pɔʁ.tœʁ\
- [kɔl.pɔʁ.tœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colporteur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colporteur in French?
colporteur appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).