raffineur
French, noun/ʁa.fi.nœʁ/
raffineur is spelled R-A-F-F-I-N-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raffineur is a French masculine noun meaning “refiner (of sugar, petrol etc)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui travaille dans une raffinerie”.
What does raffineur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerefiner (of sugar, petrol etc)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui travaille dans une raffinerie. 2. Habitant de la province belge d’Anvers.
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 raffineur
- raffineurs plural
- raffineuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raffineur?
- /ʁa.fi.nœʁ/
- \ʁa.fi.nœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is raffineur in French?
raffineur appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).