Skip to main content

enquêtrice

French, noun/ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁis/

enquêtrice is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of enquêteur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celle qui est chargée de faire des enquêtes pour la police, une compagnie d’assurances, un bureau de…”.

What does enquêtrice mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefemale equivalent of enquêteur

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Celle qui est chargée de faire des enquêtes pour la police, une compagnie d’assurances, un bureau de bienfaisance, une œuvre de charité, etc. 2. Journaliste qui procède à des enquêtes. 3. Celle qui est chargée de faire des enquêtes d’opinion, des sondages.

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 enquêtrice

  • enquêtrices plural
  • enquêteur masculine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce enquêtrice?

  • /ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁis/
  • /ɑ̃.ke.tʁis/
  • \ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁis\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to enquêtrice

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is enquêtrice in French?

enquêtrice appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).