pontonnier
French, noun\pɔ̃.tɔ.nje\
pontonnier is spelled P-O-N-T-O-N-N-I-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written French, the 250,316th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pontonnier is a French masculine noun meaning “pontooner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soldat du génie qui est chargé du service des équipages de ponts”.
What does pontonnier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepontooner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soldat du génie qui est chargé du service des équipages de ponts. 2. Personne chargée d’actionner le pont tournant pour laisser passer les bateaux. 3. Personne pilotant un pont roulant.
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 pontonnier
- pontonniers plural
- pontonnière feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pontonnier?
- \pɔ̃.tɔ.nje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pontonnier in French?
pontonnier appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).