poseur
French, noun/po.zœʁ/
poseur is spelled P-O-S-E-U-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 45,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poseur is a French masculine noun meaning “poseur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui pose des objets”.
What does poseur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineposeur
adjective
- 1
pompous, affected
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui met de l’affectation dans ses attitudes, dans ses gestes, etc.
noun: 1. Celui qui pose des objets. 2. Modèle qui pose pour un artiste. 3. Celui qui, dans un bâtiment, pose les pierres ou en dirige la pose. 4. Personnel d’équipe employé à poser les rails ou à les réparer.
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 poseur
- poseurs plural
- poseuse feminine
- poseuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poseur?
- /po.zœʁ/
- \po.zœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poseur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poseur in French?
poseur 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).