randonneur
French, noun/ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nœʁ/
randonneur is spelled R-A-N-D-O-N-N-E-U-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Randonneur is a French masculine noun meaning “walker, hiker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Marcheur qui pratique la randonnée, qui fait une randonnée”.
What does randonneur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewalker, hiker
- 2
masculinebackpacker
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Marcheur qui pratique la randonnée, qui fait une randonnée.
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 randonneur
- randonneurs plural
- randonneuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce randonneur?
- /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nœʁ/
- \ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to randonneur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is randonneur in French?
randonneur appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).