garnisseur
French, noun/ɡaʁ.ni.sœʁ/
garnisseur is spelled G-A-R-N-I-S-S-E-U-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garnisseur is a French masculine noun meaning “garnisher, trimmer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne chargée de garnir”.
What does garnisseur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegarnisher, trimmer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne chargée de garnir. 2. Ouvrier, ordinairement un enfant, qui a soin, lorsqu'un train de bois est achevé, d'introduire, au moyen d'un gros maillet dit pidance ou mailloche, des bois menus pour donner plus de solidité et remplir les vides
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 garnisseur
- garnisseurs plural
- garnisseuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garnisseur?
- /ɡaʁ.ni.sœʁ/
- \ɡaʁ.ni.sœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is garnisseur in French?
garnisseur appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).