puériculteur
French, noun/pɥe.ʁi.kyl.tœʁ/
puériculteur is spelled P-U-É-R-I-C-U-L-T-E-U-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written French, the 276,145th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puériculteur is a French masculine noun meaning “paediatric nurse, nursery nurse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Infirmier ou sage-femme spécialisé en puériculture, dans les soins apportés aux nouveau-nés, aux nourrissons…”.
What does puériculteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepaediatric nurse, nursery nurse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Infirmier ou sage-femme spécialisé en puériculture, dans les soins apportés aux nouveau-nés, aux nourrissons et aux enfants malades.
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 puériculteur
- puériculteurs plural
- puéricultrice feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puériculteur?
- France /pɥe.ʁi.kyl.tœʁ/
- \pɥe.ʁi.kyl.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is puériculteur in French?
puériculteur appears about once in every 78 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).