empêcheur
French, noun\ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃœʁ\
empêcheur is spelled E-M-P-Ê-C-H-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empêcheur is a French masculine noun meaning “troublemaker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui empêche”.
What does empêcheur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetroublemaker
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui empêche.
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 empêcheur
- empêcheurs plural
- empêcheuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empêcheur?
- \ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is empêcheur in French?
empêcheur appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).