procureur
French, noun/pʁɔ.ky.ʁœʁ/
procureur is spelled P-R-O-C-U-R-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written French, the 2,820th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Procureur is a French masculine noun meaning “representative, agent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne habilitée à agir pour autrui”.
What does procureur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerepresentative, agent
noun
- 1
masculineattorney, prosecutor
noun
- 1
masculinepastor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne habilitée à agir pour autrui. 2. Officier établi pour agir en justice au nom de ceux qui plaident. 3. Avocat représentant le ministère public. 4. Religieux chargé des intérêts temporels d’une maison religieuse.
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 procureur
- procureurs plural
- procuratrice feminine
- procureuse feminine
- procureure feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce procureur?
- /pʁɔ.ky.ʁœʁ/
- \pʁɔ.ky.ʁœʁ\
- [pʁɔ.ky.ʁœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to procureur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is procureur in French?
procureur appears 28 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).