frumentaire
French, adjective/fʁy.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
frumentaire is spelled F-R-U-M-E-N-T-A-I-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frumentaire is a French adjective meaning “frumentary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à l'approvisionnement en froment”.
What does frumentaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
frumentary
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à l'approvisionnement en froment.
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 frumentaire
- frumentaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frumentaire?
- /fʁy.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
- \fʁy.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is frumentaire in French?
frumentaire appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).