investigateur
French, noun/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ɡa.tœʁ/
investigateur is spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-I-G-A-T-E-U-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 68,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Investigateur is a French masculine noun meaning “investigator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui fait des recherches suivies sur quelque objet”.
What does investigateur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinvestigator
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui fait des recherches suivies sur quelque objet, qui examine attentivement et systématiquement.
noun: 1. Celui qui fait des recherches suivies sur quelque objet. 2. Celui qui lance des études cliniques.
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 investigateur
- investigateurs plural
- investigatrice feminine
- investigatrices plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce investigateur?
- /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ɡa.tœʁ/
- \ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ɡa.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 investigateur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is investigateur in French?
investigateur appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).