timonier
French, noun/ti.mɔ.nje/
timonier is spelled T-I-M-O-N-I-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 59,168th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Timonier is a French masculine noun meaning “helmsman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chacun des chevaux attelés de chaque côté du timon”.
What does timonier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehelmsman
- 2
masculinecoxswain
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chacun des chevaux attelés de chaque côté du timon.
noun: 1. Homme qui se trouve à la barre ou à tout autre appareil agissant sur le gouvernail. 2. Matelot (ou patron) qui tient le gouvernail d’une embarcation et commande les canotiers.
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 timonier
- timoniers plural
- timonière feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce timonier?
- /ti.mɔ.nje/
- \ti.mɔ.nje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to timonier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is timonier in French?
timonier appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).