protecteur
French, noun/pʁɔ.tɛk.tœʁ/
protecteur is spelled P-R-O-T-E-C-T-E-U-R (10 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written French, the 8,354th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protecteur is a French masculine noun meaning “protector” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui protège”.
What does protecteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprotector
- 2
masculineombudsman
adjective
- 1
protective (related to or used for protection)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui protège. 2. Personne qui prend soin des intérêts d’une personne ou qui favorise l’accroissement, l’amélioration, le progrès d’une chose. 3. Cardinal chargé, à Rome, du soin des affaires consistoriales de certains États ou des intérêts de certains ordres religieux. 4. Proxénète.
adjective: 1. Qui protège.
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 protecteur
- protecteurs plural
- protectrice feminine
- protectrices feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protecteur?
- /pʁɔ.tɛk.tœʁ/
- \pʁɔ.tɛk.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to protecteur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protecteur in French?
protecteur appears 7.4 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).