fouetteur
French, noun/fwɛ.tœʁ/
fouetteur is spelled F-O-U-E-T-T-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written French, the 282,260th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fouetteur is a French masculine noun meaning “whipper, beater (someone who beats, especially with a whip)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui fouette”.
What does fouetteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewhipper, beater (someone who beats, especially with a whip)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui fouette. 2. Pêcheur à la mouche.
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 fouetteur
- fouetteurs plural
- fouetteuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fouetteur?
- /fwɛ.tœʁ/
- /fwe.tœʁ/
- \fwɛ.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fouetteur in French?
fouetteur appears about once in every 81 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).