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renifleur

French, noun/ʁə.ni.flœʁ/

renifleur is a French masculine noun meaning “sniffer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui renifle”.

What does renifleur mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesniffer

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Celui qui renifle. 2. Logiciel ou équipement matériel qui balaie l’environnement radioélectrique à la recherche d’un réseau ou qui observe le trafic d’un réseau pour détecter et analyser certaines informations.

adjective: 1. Qui renifle.

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 renifleur

  • renifleurs plural
  • renifleuse feminine
  • renifleuses plural feminine

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

How do you pronounce renifleur?

  • /ʁə.ni.flœʁ/
  • \ʁə.ni.flœʁ\

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

How common is renifleur in French?

renifleur appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.

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