descendeur
French, noun/de.sɑ̃.dœʁ/
descendeur is spelled D-E-S-C-E-N-D-E-U-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descendeur is a French masculine noun meaning “descendeur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Outil d’alpinisme pour la descente en rappel”.
What does descendeur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedescendeur
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Outil d’alpinisme pour la descente en rappel.
noun: 1. Cycliste rapide en descente. 2. Sportif pratiquant la descente en ski alpin.
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 descendeur
- descendeurs plural
- descendeuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descendeur?
- /de.sɑ̃.dœʁ/
- \dɛ.sɑ̃.dœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is descendeur in French?
descendeur appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).