skippeur
French, noun/ski.pœʁ/
skippeur is spelled S-K-I-P-P-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written French, the 226,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Skippeur is a French masculine noun meaning “skipper (captain of a boat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Capitaine d’un bateau le plus souvent dans le nautisme ou la compétition à la voile”.
What does skippeur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineskipper (captain of a boat)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Capitaine d’un bateau le plus souvent dans le nautisme ou la compétition à la voile.
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 skippeur
- skippeurs plural
- skippeuse feminine
- skipper
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce skippeur?
- /ski.pœʁ/
- \ski.pœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is skippeur in French?
skippeur appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).