douanière
French, noun/dwa.njɛʁ/
douanière is spelled D-O-U-A-N-I-È-R-E (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Douanière is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of douanier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of douanier. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Métier de celles chargés par un pays de contrôler ce qui passe (surtout ce qui entre) par sa frontière donc…”.
What does douanière mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of douanier
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of douanier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Métier de celles chargés par un pays de contrôler ce qui passe (surtout ce qui entre) par sa frontière donc en réprimant les contrebandiers.
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 douanière
- douanières plural
- douanier masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce douanière?
- /dwa.njɛʁ/
- \dwa.njɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is douanière in French?
douanière appears 1.3 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).