trouveur
French, noun/tʁu.vœʁ/
trouveur is spelled T-R-O-U-V-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written French, the 196,291st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trouveur is a French masculine noun meaning “a finder; discoverer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chercheur qui trouve”.
What does trouveur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea finder; discoverer
- 2
masculinean inventor, creator
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chercheur qui trouve. 2. Trouvère.
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 trouveur
- trouveurs plural
- trouveuse feminine
- trouveresse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trouveur?
- /tʁu.vœʁ/
- \tʁu.vœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is trouveur in French?
trouveur appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).