rotateur
French, noun\ʁɔ.ta.tœʁ\
rotateur is spelled R-O-T-A-T-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rotateur is a French masculine noun meaning “rotator (muscle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui tourne”.
What does rotateur mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rotatory
noun
- 1
masculinerotator (muscle)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie les muscles qui font tourner sur leur axe les parties auxquelles ils sont attachés. 2. Qui tourne sur lui-même.
noun: 1. Ce qui tourne. 2. Muscle qui fait tourner. 3. Classe d’animaux microscopiques qui vivent dans 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 rotateur
- rotatrice feminine
- rotateurs masculine plural
- rotatrices feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rotateur?
- \ʁɔ.ta.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rotateur in French?
rotateur 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).