ravisseur
French, noun/ʁa.vi.sœʁ/
ravisseur is spelled R-A-V-I-S-S-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ravisseur is a French masculine noun meaning “robber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui ravit, qui enlève avec violence”.
What does ravisseur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerobber
- 2
masculinekidnapper, abductor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui ravit, qui enlève avec violence. 2. Celui qui ravit une femme ou une jeune fille. 3. Celui qui enlève une ou des personnes pour en faire des otages ou des victimes sexuelles.
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 ravisseur
- ravisseurs plural
- ravisseuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ravisseur?
- /ʁa.vi.sœʁ/
- \ʁa.vi.sœʁ\
- [ʁa.vi.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 ravisseur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ravisseur in French?
ravisseur 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).