pastoureau
French, noun/pas.tu.ʁo/
pastoureau is spelled P-A-S-T-O-U-R-E-A-U (10 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 91,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pastoureau is a French masculine noun meaning “young shepherd” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jeune pasteur”.
What does pastoureau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineyoung shepherd
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jeune pasteur. 2. Synonyme de géorgique. 3. Membre d'une des troupes de serfs ou de vilains, révoltés, qui parcoururent la France du Moyen Âge.
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 pastoureau
- pastoureaux plural
- pastourelle feminine
- pâtoureau alternative archaic
- pâtureau alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pastoureau?
- /pas.tu.ʁo/
- \pas.tu.ʁo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pastoureau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pastoureau in French?
pastoureau appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).