faïencier
French, noun/fa.jɑ̃.sje/
faïencier is spelled F-A-Ï-E-N-C-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written French, the 172,049th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faïencier is a French masculine noun meaning “a person who makes or sells earthenware (faience)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui fabrique ou qui vend de la faïence”.
What does faïencier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea person who makes or sells earthenware (faience)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui fabrique ou qui vend de la faïence.
adjective: 1. Relatif à la faïence.
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 faïencier
- faïenciers plural
- faïencière feminine
- faïencières plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faïencier?
- /fa.jɑ̃.sje/
- \fa.jɑ̃.sje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is faïencier in French?
faïencier appears about once in every 29 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).