ergoteur
French, noun/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tœʁ/
ergoteur is spelled E-R-G-O-T-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written French, the 229,021st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ergoteur is a French masculine noun meaning “quibbler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui ergote sans cesse, qui aime à ergoter”.
What does ergoteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequibbler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui ergote sans cesse, qui aime à ergoter.
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 ergoteur
- ergoteurs plural
- ergoteuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ergoteur?
- /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tœʁ/
- \ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ergoteur in French?
ergoteur appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).