niveleuse
French, noun/ni.vløz/
niveleuse is spelled N-I-V-E-L-E-U-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 147,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Niveleuse is a French feminine noun meaning “grader (road-making vehicle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Engin de terrassement constitué essentiellement de six roues, d’une lame de grande largeur qui permet de…”.
What does niveleuse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegrader (road-making vehicle)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Engin de terrassement constitué essentiellement de six roues, d’une lame de grande largeur qui permet de régler en hauteur des couches de matériaux, et à l’arrière d’un scarificateur. Scraper ou scrapeur. 2. Celle dont le métier est de niveler. 3. Celle qui prétend niveler les fortunes, les conditions.
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 niveleuse
- niveleuses plural
- niveleur masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce niveleuse?
- /ni.vløz/
- \niv.løz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to niveleuse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is niveleuse in French?
niveleuse appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).