rhétoricien
French, noun/ʁe.tɔ.ʁi.sjɛ̃/
rhétoricien is spelled R-H-É-T-O-R-I-C-I-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rhétoricien is a French masculine noun meaning “rhetorician” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui possède l’art de la rhétorique”.
What does rhétoricien mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerhetorician
- 2
masculinefinal year student, high school senior
adjective
- 1
rhetorician
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui possède l’art de la rhétorique. 2. Élève de classe terminale de l’enseignement secondaire, classe appelée rhétorique, qui existait en France et qui existe encore en Belgique. 3. Écolier dans la sixième année du cours classique.
adjective: 1. Qui relève de la rhétorique.
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 rhétoricien
- rhétoriciens plural
- rhétoricienne feminine
- rhétoriciennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rhétoricien?
- /ʁe.tɔ.ʁi.sjɛ̃/
- \ʁe.tɔ.ʁi.sjɛ̃\
- [ʁe.tɔ.ʁi.sjɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rhétoricien in French?
rhétoricien appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).