rupteur
French, noun\ʁyp.tœʁ\
rupteur is spelled R-U-P-T-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 133,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rupteur is a French masculine noun meaning “contact breaker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans une bobine d'induction, appareil servant à interrompre et rétablir successivement le courant primaire”.
What does rupteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontact breaker
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dans une bobine d'induction, appareil servant à interrompre et rétablir successivement le courant primaire. 2. Dans le système d’allumage d’un véhicule à moteur, pièce servant à gérer l’étincelle à la bougie.
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 rupteur
- rupteurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rupteur?
- \ʁyp.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rupteur in French?
rupteur appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).