factionnaire
French, noun/fak.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
factionnaire is a French masculine noun meaning “a soldier who is on guard; sentry, sentinel, guard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soldat qui est en faction”.
What does factionnaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea soldier who is on guard; sentry, sentinel, guard
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soldat qui est en faction.
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 factionnaire
- factionnaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce factionnaire?
- /fak.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
- \fak.sjɔ.nɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to factionnaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is factionnaire in French?
factionnaire appears about once in every 46 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).