dépensier
French, noun/de.pɑ̃.sje/
dépensier is spelled D-É-P-E-N-S-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 59,881st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dépensier is a French masculine noun meaning “spendthrift” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Économe en charge de la dépense dans une communauté religieuse, un internat scolaire, ou autre organisation…”.
What does dépensier mean in English?
adjective
- 1
spendthrift, profligate
noun
- 1
masculinespendthrift
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui dépense excessivement, qui aime à dépenser.
noun: 1. Économe en charge de la dépense dans une communauté religieuse, un internat scolaire, ou autre organisation semblable. 2. Trésorier au sein d'une association, d'un groupe. 3. Personne qui dépense sans compter.
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 dépensier
- dépensière feminine
- dépensiers masculine plural
- dépensières feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dépensier?
- /de.pɑ̃.sje/
- \de.pɑ̃.sje\
- [depɑ̃sje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dépensier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dépensier in French?
dépensier 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).