frotteur
French, noun/fʁɔ.tœʁ/
frotteur is spelled F-R-O-T-T-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frotteur is a French masculine noun meaning “frotteur (one who commits the act of non-consensually rubbing one’s genitalia against another person, usually a stranger)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui frotte les planchers, les parquets”.
What does frotteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculinerubber, polisher (of floors, etc.)
- 2
masculinefrotteur (one who commits the act of non-consensually rubbing one’s genitalia against another person, usually a stranger)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui frotte.
noun: 1. Celui qui frotte les planchers, les parquets. 2. Agresseur sexuel qui se frotte contre une victime sans son consentement. → voir frottage 3. Soigneur qui masse un boxeur entre deux rounds. 4. Stratège et conseiller travaillant dans l'ombre en étroite collaboration avec un dirigeant politique.
noun: 1. Dispositif de prise de courant par frottement qui équipe des véhicules à traction électrique. 2. Petite brosse pour tableau noir.
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 frotteur
- frotteurs plural
- frotteuse feminine
- frotteuses plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frotteur?
- /fʁɔ.tœʁ/
- \fʁɔ.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is frotteur in French?
frotteur appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).