punisseur
French, noun/py.ni.sœʁ/
punisseur is spelled P-U-N-I-S-S-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Punisseur is a French masculine noun meaning “punisher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne, chose qui punit”.
What does punisseur mean in English?
adjective
- 1
punishing
noun
- 1
masculinepunisher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui punit.
noun: 1. Personne, chose qui punit.
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 punisseur
- punisseuse feminine
- punisseurs masculine plural
- punisseuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce punisseur?
- /py.ni.sœʁ/
- \py.ni.sœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to punisseur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is punisseur in French?
punisseur appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).