meurtrier
French, noun/mœʁ.tʁi.je/
meurtrier is spelled M-E-U-R-T-R-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written French, the 8,979th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meurtrier is a French masculine noun meaning “murderer (person who commits murder)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui a commis un meurtre”.
What does meurtrier mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deadly, bloody (involving death), murderous
l'année la plus meurtrière depuis 2001
noun
- 1
masculinemurderer (person who commits murder)
meurtrier de masse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui a commis un meurtre.
adjective: 1. Qui tue, qui cause la mort de beaucoup de personnes. 2. Qui blesse ou ravage moralement.
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 meurtrier
- meurtrière feminine
- meurtriers masculine plural
- meurtrières feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce meurtrier?
- /mœʁ.tʁi.je/
- \mœʁ.tʁi.je\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to meurtrier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is meurtrier in French?
meurtrier appears 6.8 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).