contrebandier
French, noun/kɔ̃.tʁə.bɑ̃.dje/
contrebandier is a French masculine noun meaning “smuggler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne faisant de la contrebande, qui passe des objets en dehors des formalités et taxes d'une frontière…”.
What does contrebandier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmuggler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la contrebande.
noun: 1. Personne faisant de la contrebande, qui passe des objets en dehors des formalités et taxes d'une frontière, et qui est pourchassée par les douaniers.
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 contrebandier
- contrebandiers plural
- contrebandière feminine
- contrebandières plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contrebandier?
- /kɔ̃.tʁə.bɑ̃.dje/
- \kɔ̃.tʁə.bɑ̃.dje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contrebandier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contrebandier in French?
contrebandier appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).