fonctionnaire
French, noun/fɔ̃k.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
fonctionnaire is spelled F-O-N-C-T-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E (13 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,743rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fonctionnaire is a French feminine noun meaning “civil servant, official” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui, celle qui remplit une fonction de l’État”.
What does fonctionnaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinecivil servant, official
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui, celle qui remplit une fonction de l’État. 2. Personne lente à l’ouvrage, fainéante, rechignant au travail ; employé d’administration rêche et peu avenant.
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 fonctionnaire
- fonctionnaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fonctionnaire?
- /fɔ̃k.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
- \fɔ̃k.sjɔ.nɛʁ\
- [fɔ̃k.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 fonctionnaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fonctionnaire in French?
fonctionnaire appears 12 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).