facteur
French, noun/fak.tœʁ/
facteur is spelled F-A-C-T-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written French, the 3,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Facteur is a French masculine noun meaning “factor; element” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nombre ou variable constitutive d’un produit”.
What does facteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefactor; element
- 2
masculinefactor
noun
- 1
masculinepostman (UK); mailman (gender neutral: postal carrier or mail carrier) (US)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nombre ou variable constitutive d’un produit. 2. Les éléments qui concourent à un résultat. 3. Fabricant d’instruments de musique autres que les instruments de la famille du luth et les instruments de la famille du violon (pour lesquels on parle de luthier). 4. Celui qui fabrique quelque chose.
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 facteur
- facteurs plural
- factrice feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce facteur?
- /fak.tœʁ/
- \fak.tœʁ\
- [fak.tœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to facteur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is facteur in French?
facteur appears 22 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).