palefrenier
French, noun/pal.fʁə.nje/
palefrenier is spelled P-A-L-E-F-R-E-N-I-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 76,422nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palefrenier is a French masculine noun meaning “ostler, groom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Employé d’une structure équestre chargé de l’entretien des écuries et des soins quotidiens aux chevaux”.
What does palefrenier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineostler, groom
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Employé d’une structure équestre chargé de l’entretien des écuries et des soins quotidiens aux chevaux.
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 palefrenier
- palefreniers plural
- palefrenière feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palefrenier?
- /pal.fʁə.nje/
- \pal.fʁə.nje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to palefrenier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palefrenier in French?
palefrenier appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).