marieur
French, noun\ma.ʁjœʁ\
marieur is spelled M-A-R-I-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written French, the 198,467th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marieur is a French masculine noun meaning “matchmaker; cupid (for weddings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui aime à s’entremettre pour procurer des mariages”.
What does marieur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinematchmaker; cupid (for weddings)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui aime à s’entremettre pour procurer des mariages. 2. Homme pratiquant la fécondation artificielle de la fleur de vanille dans les régions où l'insecte pollinisateur est absent. → voir mélipone
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 marieur
- marieurs plural
- marieuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marieur?
- \ma.ʁjœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marieur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marieur in French?
marieur appears about once in every 39 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).