gâcheur
French, noun/ɡa.ʃœʁ/
gâcheur is spelled G-Â-C-H-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gâcheur is a French masculine noun meaning “spoiler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouvrier qui gâche le mortier, le plâtre”.
What does gâcheur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespoiler
- 2
masculineOne who wastes
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ouvrier qui gâche le mortier, le plâtre. 2. Personne qui gâche, gâte. 3. Graffeur qui est inexpérimenté ou qui se montre malveillant à l’égard de ses pairs, par exemple en recouvrant un graffiti existant.
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 gâcheur
- gâcheurs plural
- gâcheuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gâcheur?
- /ɡa.ʃœʁ/
- /ɡɑ.ʃœʁ/
- \ɡa.ʃœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gâcheur in French?
gâcheur appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).