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recenseur

French, noun/ʁə.sɑ̃.sœʁ/

recenseur is spelled R-E-C-E-N-S-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recenseur is a French masculine noun meaning “census taker, enumerator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui est employé aux opérations du recensement”.

What does recenseur mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecensus taker, enumerator

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Celui qui est employé aux opérations du recensement.

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 recenseur

  • recenseurs plural
  • recenseuse feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce recenseur?

  • /ʁə.sɑ̃.sœʁ/
  • \ʁə.sɑ̃.sœʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is recenseur in French?

recenseur appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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