ricaneur
French, noun/ʁi.ka.nœʁ/
ricaneur is spelled R-I-C-A-N-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ricaneur is a French masculine noun meaning “sniggerer; sneerer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui ricane”.
What does ricaneur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesniggerer; sneerer
adjective
- 1
sniggering; sneering
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ricane.
noun: 1. Celui qui ricane.
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 ricaneur
- ricaneurs plural
- ricaneuse feminine
- ricaneuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ricaneur?
- /ʁi.ka.nœʁ/
- \ʁi.ka.nœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ricaneur in French?
ricaneur appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).