placier
French, noun/pla.sje/
placier is spelled P-L-A-C-I-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Placier is a French masculine noun meaning “canvasser” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme qui loue et attribue les places aux commerçants ambulants sur un marché”.
What does placier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecanvasser
- 2
masculinerep
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homme qui loue et attribue les places aux commerçants ambulants sur un marché. 2. Celui qui place des marchandises, pour le compte d'autrui. 3. Autrefois, entrepreneur chargé de trouver des places aux gens de maison. 4. Personne chargée de guider et de placer les gens dans les salles de spectacle (et, anciennement, dans les cinémas).
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 placier
- placiers plural
- placière feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce placier?
- /pla.sje/
- \pla.sje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is placier in French?
placier appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).