pétitionnaire
French, noun/pe.ti.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
pétitionnaire is spelled P-É-T-I-T-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pétitionnaire is a French feminine noun meaning “petitioner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui ou celle qui fait, qui présente une pétition”.
What does pétitionnaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui ou celle qui fait, qui présente une pétition. 2. Celui ou celle qui fait, qui présente une demande.
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 pétitionnaire
- pétitionnaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pétitionnaire?
- /pe.ti.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
- \pe.ti.sjɔ.nɛʁ\
- [pe.ti.ɬ͡sjɔ.nɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pétitionnaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pétitionnaire in French?
pétitionnaire appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).