planeur
French, noun/pla.nœʁ/
planeur is spelled P-L-A-N-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Planeur is a French masculine noun meaning “glider (aircraft)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avion sans moteur, pouvant planer de façon prolongée et pratiquer le vol à voile”.
What does planeur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineglider (aircraft)
- 2
masculineplaner (tool)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Avion sans moteur, pouvant planer de façon prolongée et pratiquer le vol à voile. 2. Cellule de l’avion, à l’exclusion des moteurs. 3. Ce qui pratique le vol à voile.
noun: 1. Ouvrier qui plane les métaux.
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 planeur
- planeurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce planeur?
- /pla.nœʁ/
- \pla.nœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to planeur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is planeur in French?
planeur appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).