plaquiste
French, noun\pla.kist\
plaquiste is spelled P-L-A-Q-U-I-S-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plaquiste is a French masculine noun meaning “a builder who erects plasterboard (or similar) partitions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Professionnel du bâtiment qui pose des plaques de plâtre sur les murs ou les plafonds”.
What does plaquiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea builder who erects plasterboard (or similar) partitions
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Professionnel du bâtiment qui pose des plaques de plâtre sur les murs ou les plafonds.
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 plaquiste
- plaquistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plaquiste?
- \pla.kist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is plaquiste in French?
plaquiste appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).