enlumineur
French, noun/ɑ̃.ly.mi.nœʁ/
enlumineur is spelled E-N-L-U-M-I-N-E-U-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 83,718th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enlumineur is a French masculine noun meaning “illuminator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Artisan qui fait métier d’enluminer”.
What does enlumineur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineilluminator
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Artisan qui fait métier d’enluminer. 2. Personne, le plus souvent un scribe ou un copiste du Moyen Âge, qui conçoit les enluminures.
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 enlumineur
- enlumineurs plural
- enlumineuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enlumineur?
- /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nœʁ/
- \ɑ̃.ly.mi.nœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is enlumineur in French?
enlumineur appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).