sectionneur
French, noun/sɛk.sjɔ.nœʁ/
sectionneur is spelled S-E-C-T-I-O-N-N-E-U-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written French, the 184,024th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sectionneur is a French masculine noun meaning “circuit breaker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appareil qui sert à couper l’alimentation électrique d’une section de circuit pour permettre sa maintenance”.
What does sectionneur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecircuit breaker
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Appareil qui sert à couper l’alimentation électrique d’une section de circuit pour permettre sa maintenance.
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 sectionneur
- sectionneurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sectionneur?
- /sɛk.sjɔ.nœʁ/
- \sɛk.sjɔ.nœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sectionneur in French?
sectionneur appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).