puéricultrice
French, noun/pɥe.ʁi.kyl.tʁis/
puéricultrice is spelled P-U-É-R-I-C-U-L-T-R-I-C-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 96,749th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puéricultrice is a French feminine noun meaning “nursery nurse, childcare worker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Infirmière ou sage-femme spécialisée en puériculture, dans les soins apportés aux nouveau-nés, aux…”.
What does puéricultrice mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenursery nurse, childcare worker
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Infirmière ou sage-femme spécialisée 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 puéricultrice
- puéricultrices plural
- puériculteur masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puéricultrice?
- /pɥe.ʁi.kyl.tʁis/
- \pɥe.ʁi.kyl.tʁis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is puéricultrice in French?
puéricultrice appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).