négociant
French, noun/ne.ɡɔ.sjɑ̃/
négociant is spelled N-É-G-O-C-I-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Négociant is a French masculine noun meaning “merchant, dealer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of négocier. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Intervenant qui agit sur les marchés financiers (exclusivement ou non selon les statuts qui lui sont…”.
What does négociant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemerchant, dealer
verb
- 1
present participle of négocier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Marchand en gros. 2. Intervenant qui agit sur les marchés financiers (exclusivement ou non selon les statuts qui lui sont applicables et selon la stratégie qu’il a retenue) pour son compte propre en prenant généralement des positions de marché.
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 négociant
- négociants plural
- négociante feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce négociant?
- /ne.ɡɔ.sjɑ̃/
- \ne.ɡo.sjɑ̃\
- [ne.go.sjɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to négociant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is négociant in French?
négociant appears 2.9 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).