setter
French, noun/sɛ.tɛʁ/
setter is spelled S-E-T-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 89,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Setter is a French masculine noun meaning “setter (dog)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chien d’arrêt britannique, originaire de Grande-Bretagne, et à poil long, utilisé surtout pour chasser le…”.
What does setter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesetter (dog)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chien d’arrêt britannique, originaire de Grande-Bretagne, et à poil long, utilisé surtout pour chasser le gibier à plumes. 2. Accesseur en modification.
verb: 1. Positionner, initialiser.
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 setter
- setters plural
- avoir setté infinitive past
- en settant gerund present
- en ayant setté gerund past
- settant participle present
- setté participle past
- je sette indicative present
- tu settes indicative present
- il/elle/on sette indicative present
- nous settons indicative present
- vous settez indicative present
- ils/elles settent indicative present
- j’ai setté indicative past multiword-construction
- tu as setté indicative past multiword-construction
- il/elle/on a setté indicative past multiword-construction
- nous avons setté indicative past multiword-construction
- vous avez setté indicative past multiword-construction
- ils/elles ont setté indicative past multiword-construction
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce setter?
- /sɛ.tɛʁ/
- /se.tɛʁ/
- \sɛ.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to setter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is setter in French?
setter appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).