quêteur
French, noun/kɛ.tœʁ/
quêteur is spelled Q-U-Ê-T-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quêteur is a French masculine noun meaning “quester, seeker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui quête, qui cherche”.
What does quêteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequester, seeker
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui quête, qui cherche.
adjective: 1. Qui quête
adjective: 1. Par apposition.
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 quêteur
- quêteurs plural
- quêteuse feminine
- quêtrice singular feminine
- quêteuses plural feminine
- quêtrices plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quêteur?
- /kɛ.tœʁ/
- /ke.tœʁ/
- \kɛ.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quêteur in French?
quêteur appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).