prestidigitateur
French, noun/pʁɛs.ti.di.ʒi.ta.tœʁ/
prestidigitateur is spelled P-R-E-S-T-I-D-I-G-I-T-A-T-E-U-R (16 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,020th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prestidigitateur is a French masculine noun meaning “conjurer, magician” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui fait des tours d’escamotage”.
What does prestidigitateur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconjurer, magician
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui relève de la prestidigitation.
noun: 1. Celui qui fait des tours d’escamotage.
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 prestidigitateur
- prestidigitateurs plural
- prestidigitatrice feminine
- prestidigitatrices plural feminine
- prestigiateur
- prestigitateur
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prestidigitateur?
- /pʁɛs.ti.di.ʒi.ta.tœʁ/
- \pʁɛs.ti.di.ʒi.ta.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is prestidigitateur in French?
prestidigitateur appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).