conteur
French, noun/kɔ̃.tœʁ/
conteur is spelled C-O-N-T-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 23,140th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conteur is a French masculine noun meaning “storyteller, a person who tells stories” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui écrit ou raconte des contes”.
What does conteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestoryteller, a person who tells stories
- 2
masculinenarrator
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui écrit ou raconte des contes. 2. Auteur de romans et de nouvelles. 3. Celui qui invente des histoires pour abuser autrui.
adjective: 1. Qui conte.
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 conteur
- conteurs plural
- conteuse feminine
- conteuses plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conteur?
- /kɔ̃.tœʁ/
- \kɔ̃.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 conteur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conteur in French?
conteur appears 1.7 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).