receveur
French, noun/ʁə.s(ə).vœʁ/
receveur is spelled R-E-C-E-V-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Receveur is a French masculine noun meaning “receiver, collector” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui a charge de faire une recette, soit en argent, soit en nature”.
What does receveur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereceiver, collector
- 2
masculinecatcher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui a charge de faire une recette, soit en argent, soit en nature. 2. Joueur qui attrape la balle lancée par le lanceur. 3. Personne qui reçoit un organe transplanté ou une transfusion, par opposition au donneur. 4. Partie inférieure d’une douche, qui recueille et évacue l’eau.
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 receveur
- receveurs plural
- receveuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce receveur?
- /ʁə.s(ə).vœʁ/
- \ʁə.sə.vœʁ\
- [ʁə.sə.vœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to receveur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is receveur in French?
receveur appears 4.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).