poissonnière
French, noun/pwa.sɔ.njɛʁ/
poissonnière is spelled P-O-I-S-S-O-N-N-I-È-R-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 51,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poissonnière is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of poissonnier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celle qui fait le commerce du poisson”.
What does poissonnière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of poissonnier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celle qui fait le commerce du poisson. 2. Femme ayant les manières vulgaires supposées d’une vendeuse de poisson. 3. Ustensile de cuisine, de forme allongée, qui sert à faire cuire le poisson. 4. Dans les sucreries, appareil employé pour la cuisson du sirop.
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 poissonnière
- poissonnières plural
- poissonnier masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poissonnière?
- /pwa.sɔ.njɛʁ/
- \pwa.sɔ.njɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poissonnière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poissonnière in French?
poissonnière appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).