tireur
French, noun/ti.ʁœʁ/
tireur is spelled T-I-R-E-U-R (6 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written French, the 8,831st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tireur is a French masculine noun meaning “one who pulls” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui tire, aux divers sens du mot”.
What does tireur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineone who pulls
- 2
masculineshooter
- 3
masculinecombattant
- 4
masculinedrawee
- 5
masculinestall handler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui tire, aux divers sens du mot. 2. Celui qui tire à l’aide d’une arme à feu. 3. Sportif qui pratique le tir avec une arme à feu. 4. Sportif qui tire au but.
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 tireur
- tireurs plural
- tireuse feminine
- tireuses plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tireur?
- /ti.ʁœʁ/
- \ti.ʁœʁ\
- [ti.ʁœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tireur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tireur in French?
tireur appears 6.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).