destructeur
French, noun/dɛs.tʁyk.tœʁ/
destructeur is spelled D-E-S-T-R-U-C-T-E-U-R (11 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 18,149th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Destructeur is a French masculine noun meaning “destroyer, destructor (that who/which destroys)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui détruit”.
What does destructeur mean in English?
adjective
- 1
destructive
noun
- 1
masculinedestroyer, destructor (that who/which destroys)
- 2
masculinedestructor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui détruit. 2. Partie d’un programme qui décrit les actions à exécuter lors de la destruction d’un objet.
adjective: 1. Qui détruit.
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 destructeur
- destructrice feminine
- destructeurs masculine plural
- destructrices feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce destructeur?
- /dɛs.tʁyk.tœʁ/
- \dɛs.tʁyk.tœʁ\
- [dɛɬ͡s.tʁyk.tœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to destructeur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is destructeur in French?
destructeur appears 2.5 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).