heurtoir
French, noun/œʁ.twaʁ/
heurtoir is spelled H-E-U-R-T-O-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 119,721st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heurtoir is a French masculine noun meaning “doorknocker, knocker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Marteau attaché, fixé à une porte et dont on se sert pour la frapper”.
What does heurtoir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedoorknocker, knocker
- 2
masculinebuffer, bumper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Marteau attaché, fixé à une porte et dont on se sert pour la frapper. 2. Obstacle artificiel posé sur à la fin des voies de chemin de fer dans le but d’arrêter les trains.
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 heurtoir
- heurtoirs plural
- ^((h aspiré))\œʁ.twaʁ\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heurtoir?
- /œʁ.twaʁ/
- ^((h aspiré))\œʁ.twaʁ\
- \œʁ.twaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to heurtoir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heurtoir in French?
heurtoir appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).