plagiaire
French, noun/pla.ʒjɛʁ/
plagiaire is spelled P-L-A-G-I-A-I-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plagiaire is a French feminine noun meaning “plagiarist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui, celle qui s’approprie ce qu’il a pillé dans les ouvrages d’autrui”.
What does plagiaire 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, celle qui s’approprie ce qu’il a pillé dans les ouvrages d’autrui.
adjective: 1. Qui s’approprie ce qu’il a pillé dans les ouvrages d’autrui.
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 plagiaire
- plagiaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plagiaire?
- /pla.ʒjɛʁ/
- \pla.ʒjɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plagiaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plagiaire in French?
plagiaire appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).