manipulateur
French, noun/ma.ni.py.la.tœʁ/
manipulateur is spelled M-A-N-I-P-U-L-A-T-E-U-R (12 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 21,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manipulateur is a French masculine noun meaning “technician, operator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui manipule”.
What does manipulateur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetechnician, operator
- 2
masculinesomeone who is manipulative, a puppeteer
noun
- 1
masculinetelegraph key
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui manipule.
noun: 1. Celui qui manipule. 2. Celui qui fait usage de techniques de manipulation mentale ou qui est enclin à en faire usage habituellement. 3. Interrupteur ou commutateur électrique qui servait dans la télégraphie électrique à envoyer des dépêches, et est toujours utilisé en radiotélégraphie par les radioamateurs. 4. Interrupteur, dispositif de commande électrique, rhéostat que l’on actionne à la main.
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 manipulateur
- manipulateurs plural
- manipulatrice feminine
- manipulatrices plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manipulateur?
- /ma.ni.py.la.tœʁ/
- \ma.ni.py.la.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 manipulateur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manipulateur in French?
manipulateur appears 1.9 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).