harponneur
French, noun/aʁ.pɔ.nœʁ/
harponneur is spelled H-A-R-P-O-N-N-E-U-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Harponneur is a French masculine noun meaning “harpooner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui lance le harpon”.
What does harponneur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineharpooner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui lance le harpon.
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 harponneur
- harponneurs plural
- harponneuse feminine
- ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.pɔ.nœʁ\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce harponneur?
- /aʁ.pɔ.nœʁ/
- ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.pɔ.nœʁ\
- \aʁ.pɔ.nœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to harponneur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is harponneur in French?
harponneur appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).