hamster
French, noun/am.stɛʁ/
hamster is spelled H-A-M-S-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hamster is a French masculine noun meaning “hamster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit rongeur nocturne de silhouette massive et d’aspect robuste, pourvus d’abajoues”.
What does hamster mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehamster
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit rongeur nocturne de silhouette massive et d’aspect robuste, pourvus d’abajoues. 2. Personnification des pensées qui ne cessent de « tourner » dans la tête, comme le hamster en cage fait tourner sa roue sans fin.
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 hamster
- hamsters plural
- ^((h aspiré))\am.stɛʁ\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hamster?
- /am.stɛʁ/
- Quebec /am.stɚ/
- ^((h aspiré))\am.stɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hamster
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hamster in French?
hamster appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).