commandeur
French, noun/kɔ.mɑ̃.dœʁ/
commandeur is spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D-E-U-R (10 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written French, the 18,424th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Commandeur is a French masculine noun meaning “commander” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui commande, commandant”.
What does commandeur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecommander
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui commande. 2. Qui passe commande.
noun: 1. Personne qui commande, commandant. 2. Grade honorifique dans certains ordres. 3. Chevalier d’un ordre militaire ou hospitalier, pourvu d’une commanderie. 4. Personnage du Don Juan de Molière ou de Mozart.
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 commandeur
- commandeurs plural
- commandeuse feminine
- commandeuses plural feminine
- commanderesse singular feminine
- commanderesses plural feminine
- commandeure feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce commandeur?
- /kɔ.mɑ̃.dœʁ/
- \kɔ.mɑ̃.dœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to commandeur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is commandeur in French?
commandeur appears 2.4 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).