épaveur
French, noun/e.pa.vœʁ/
épaveur is spelled É-P-A-V-E-U-R (7 letters). Épaveur is a French masculine noun meaning “wrecker (a person who takes valuables from shipwrecks)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personnage qui s’accapare ou pille les épaves de mer”.
What does épaveur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewrecker (a person who takes valuables from shipwrecks)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personnage qui s’accapare ou pille les épaves de mer.
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 épaveur
- épaveurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce épaveur?
- /e.pa.vœʁ/
- \e.pa.vœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.