plâtrière
French, noun\plɑ.tʁi.jɛʁ\
plâtrière is spelled P-L-Â-T-R-I-È-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written French, the 177,898th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plâtrière is a French feminine noun meaning “gypsum quarry (for the manufacture of plaster)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of plâtrier. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Épouse du plâtrier”.
What does plâtrière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegypsum quarry (for the manufacture of plaster)
- 2
femininefemale equivalent of plâtrier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Épouse du plâtrier. 2. Personne qui prépare le plâtre. 3. Personne qui en fait commerce. 4. Personne qui fait des ouvrages de plâtre.
noun: 1. Lieu ou carrière d’où l’on extrait le gypse pour en faire le plâtre. 2. Endroit où l’on cuit et où l’on prépare le plâtre vendu aux maçons.
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 plâtrière
- plâtrières plural
- plâtrier masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plâtrière?
- \plɑ.tʁi.jɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is plâtrière in French?
plâtrière appears about once in every 31 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).