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extenseur

French, noun/ɛk.stɑ̃.sœʁ/

extenseur is spelled E-X-T-E-N-S-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 86,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extenseur is a French masculine noun meaning “extensor (muscle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Muscle extenseur”.

What does extenseur mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    extensor

noun

  1. 1

    masculineextensor (muscle)

  2. 2

    masculinechest expander (or similar equipment)

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui sert à étendre.

noun: 1. Muscle extenseur. 2. Appareil avec lequel on fait faire aux muscles des exercices d’extension. 3. Petit dispositif qui sert à tenir étendus les vêtements qu’on y suspend.

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 extenseur

  • extenseuse feminine
  • extenseurs masculine plural
  • extenseuses feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce extenseur?

  • /ɛk.stɑ̃.sœʁ/
  • \ɛk.stɑ̃.sœʁ\

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

English words that translate to extenseur

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

How common is extenseur in French?

extenseur appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.

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

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