gratteur
French, noun/ɡʁa.tœʁ/
gratteur is spelled G-R-A-T-T-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 133,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gratteur is a French masculine noun meaning “scraper; scrubber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui gratte”.
What does gratteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescraper; scrubber
- 2
masculineaxeman (guitarist)
- 3
colloquialmasculinefreeloader; moocher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui gratte. 2. Gratte-papier, bureaucrate. 3. Engin servant à l'extraction du minerai. 4. Parasite ; pique-assiette.
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 gratteur
- gratteurs plural
- gratteuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gratteur?
- /ɡʁa.tœʁ/
- \ɡʁa.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gratteur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gratteur in French?
gratteur appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).