couturière
French, noun/ku.ty.ʁjɛʁ/
couturière is spelled C-O-U-T-U-R-I-È-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 31,863rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Couturière is a French feminine noun meaning “dressmaker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celle qui invente des costumes, prêt-à-porter ou sur mesure”.
What does couturière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedressmaker
- 2
femininetailor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celle qui invente des costumes, prêt-à-porter ou sur mesure. 2. Celle qui exécute des travaux de couture, qui fabrique des vêtements.
noun: 1. Répétition en costume précédant la générale qui permettait aux couturières de faire les ultimes retouches aux costumes.
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 couturière
- couturières plural
- couturier masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce couturière?
- /ku.ty.ʁjɛʁ/
- \ku.ty.ʁjɛʁ\
- [yn ku.ty.ʁjɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to couturière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is couturière in French?
couturière appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).