tourmenteur
French, noun\tuʁ.mɑ̃.tœʁ\
tourmenteur is spelled T-O-U-R-M-E-N-T-E-U-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written French, the 184,024th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tourmenteur is a French masculine noun meaning “torturer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui tourmentait (au sens propre) ; tortionnaire assistant celui qui donnait la question (le…”.
What does tourmenteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetorturer
- 2
masculinetormentor (one who torments)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui tourmente.
noun: 1. Celui qui tourmentait (au sens propre) ; tortionnaire assistant celui qui donnait la question (le questionnaire). 2. Celui qui tourmente.
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 tourmenteur
- tourmenteurs plural
- tourmenteuse feminine
- tourmenteuses plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tourmenteur?
- \tuʁ.mɑ̃.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tourmenteur in French?
tourmenteur appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).