corsaire
French, noun/kɔʁ.sɛʁ/
corsaire is spelled C-O-R-S-A-I-R-E (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,509th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corsaire is a French masculine noun meaning “privateer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bâtiment qui, en temps de guerre, était armé en course par des particuliers en vertu d'une commission du…”.
What does corsaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprivateer
- 2
masculinecorsair
- 3
masculinepirate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bâtiment qui, en temps de guerre, était armé en course par des particuliers en vertu d'une commission du gouvernement (la lettre de marque). 2. Le commandant d'un tel bâtiment. 3. Pirate. 4. Homme que son extrême cupidité rend dur, impitoyable, inique.
adjective: 1. On disait quelquefois adjectivement
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 corsaire
- corsaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corsaire?
- /kɔʁ.sɛʁ/
- \kɔʁ.sɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to corsaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is corsaire in French?
corsaire appears 1.0 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).