gondolier
French, noun/ɡɔ̃.dɔ.lje/
gondolier is a French masculine noun meaning “gondolier (Venetian boatman)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui mène une gondole”.
What does gondolier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegondolier (Venetian boatman)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui mène une gondole. 2. Personnel chargé de l’approvisionnement, de l’étiquetage et du balisage des marchandises affectées à la vente dans les rayons.
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 gondolier
- gondoliers plural
- gondolière feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gondolier?
- /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.lje/
- \ɡɔ̃.dɔ.lje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gondolier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gondolier in French?
gondolier appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).