négateur
French, noun\ne.ɡa.tœʁ\
négateur is spelled N-É-G-A-T-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Négateur is a French masculine noun meaning “detractor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui nie, qui a l’habitude, la passion de nier”.
What does négateur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedetractor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui nie, qui a l’habitude, la passion de nier. 2. Athée, celui qui nie l'existence de Dieu. 3. Celui qui renie les noms et attributs d'Allah.
adjective: 1. Qui nie.
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 négateur
- négateurs plural
- négatrice feminine
- négatrices plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce négateur?
- \ne.ɡa.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is négateur in French?
négateur appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).