fouilleur
French, noun\fu.jœʁ\
fouilleur is spelled F-O-U-I-L-L-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fouilleur is a French masculine noun meaning “searcher; rummager” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui fouille pour un travail scientifique”.
What does fouilleur mean in English?
adjective
- 1
prone to rummage or search
noun
- 1
masculinesearcher; rummager
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui fouille.
noun: 1. Celui qui fouille pour un travail scientifique.
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 fouilleur
- fouilleuse feminine
- fouilleurs masculine plural
- fouilleuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fouilleur?
- \fu.jœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fouilleur in French?
fouilleur appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).