pelleterie
French, noun/pɛl.tə.ʁi/
pelleterie is spelled P-E-L-L-E-T-E-R-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written French, the 200,689th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pelleterie is a French feminine noun meaning “peltry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Art d’accommoder les peaux garnies de leur poil, pour en faire des fourrures”.
What does pelleterie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepeltry
- 2
femininefur tannery
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Art d’accommoder les peaux garnies de leur poil, pour en faire des fourrures. 2. Commerce de fourrures. 3. Peaux dont on fait les fourrures.
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 pelleterie
- pelleteries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pelleterie?
- /pɛl.tə.ʁi/
- \pɛl.tʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pelleterie in French?
pelleterie appears about once in every 40 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).