sermonneur
French, noun/sɛʁ.mɔ.nœʁ/
sermonneur is spelled S-E-R-M-O-N-N-E-U-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written French, the 304,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sermonneur is a French masculine noun meaning “sermoner, sermoniser” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui a l’habitude de faire des remontrances ennuyeuses et hors de propos”.
What does sermonneur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesermoner, sermoniser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui a l’habitude de faire des remontrances ennuyeuses et hors de propos. 2. Celui qui rédige et dit des sermons.
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 sermonneur
- sermonneurs plural
- sermonneuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sermonneur?
- /sɛʁ.mɔ.nœʁ/
- \sɛʁ.mɔ.nœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sermonneur in French?
sermonneur appears about once in every 95 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).