mécanicien
French, noun/me.ka.ni.sjɛ̃/
mécanicien is spelled M-É-C-A-N-I-C-I-E-N (10 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mécanicien is a French masculine noun meaning “mechanic (a skilled worker capable of building or repairing machinery)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui invente, conçoit, construit des machines”.
What does mécanicien mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemechanic (a skilled worker capable of building or repairing machinery)
- 2
masculinetrain driver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui invente, conçoit, construit des machines. 2. Ouvrier mécanicien. 3. Celui qui monte, répare, règle les machines. 4. Ouvrier qui travaille à la machine à coudre.
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 mécanicien
- mécaniciens plural
- mécanicienne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mécanicien?
- /me.ka.ni.sjɛ̃/
- \me.ka.ni.sjɛ̃\
- [me.ka.ni.sjɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mécanicien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mécanicien in French?
mécanicien appears 3.2 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).