suppresseur
French, noun/sy.pʁɛ.sœʁ/
suppresseur is spelled S-U-P-P-R-E-S-S-E-U-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 133,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suppresseur is a French masculine noun meaning “suppressor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gène dont au moins un des allèles est capable de supprimer l’effet de mutations d’autres gènes”.
What does suppresseur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesuppressor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gène dont au moins un des allèles est capable de supprimer l’effet de mutations d’autres gènes.
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 suppresseur
- suppresseurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suppresseur?
- /sy.pʁɛ.sœʁ/
- /sy.pʁe.sœʁ/
- \sy.pʁɛ.sœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is suppresseur in French?
suppresseur 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).