papetier
French, noun/pa.pə.tje/
papetier is spelled P-A-P-E-T-I-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 75,533rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papetier is a French masculine noun meaning “papermaker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Industriel gérant une usine de production de papier”.
What does papetier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepapermaker
- 2
masculinestationer
adjective
- 1
papermaking
- 2
stationery
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Industriel gérant une usine de production de papier. 2. Ouvrier de l’industrie papetière. 3. Commerçant proposant des produits papetiers.
adjective: 1. Qui concerne la papeterie. 2. Produits à base de papier ainsi que les produits assimilés à ces derniers.
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 papetier
- papetiers plural
- papetière feminine
- papetières feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papetier?
- /pa.pə.tje/
- \pa.pə.tje\
- [pa.pə.t̪je]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to papetier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is papetier in French?
papetier 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).