courtier
French, noun/kuʁ.tje/
courtier is spelled C-O-U-R-T-I-E-R (8 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written French, the 13,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Courtier is a French masculine noun meaning “broker; stockbroker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Intermédiaire qui agit sur les marchés financiers pour le compte de tiers ; intermédiaire qui met en relation…”.
What does courtier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebroker; stockbroker
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mandataire (attention, pas au sens où le droit commercial l’entend) qui, moyennant une prime, s’entremet pour la vente ou l’achat de certaines marchandises, ou pour les affrètements, les assurances, etc. 2. Intermédiaire qui agit sur les marchés financiers pour le compte de tiers ; intermédiaire qui met en relation deux parties pour qu’elles contractent.
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 courtier
- courtiers plural
- courtière feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce courtier?
- /kuʁ.tje/
- \kuʁ.tje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to courtier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is courtier in French?
courtier appears 4.0 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).