mainteneur
French, noun/mɛ̃t.nœʁ/
mainteneur is spelled M-A-I-N-T-E-N-E-U-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mainteneur is a French masculine noun meaning “maintainer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Individu qui maintient, qui conserve en l'état”.
What does mainteneur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemaintainer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Individu qui maintient, qui conserve en l'état. 2. Développeur principal d’un projet logiciel.
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 mainteneur
- mainteneurs plural
- mainteneuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mainteneur?
- /mɛ̃t.nœʁ/
- \mɛ̃t.nœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mainteneur in French?
mainteneur appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).