veilleur
French, noun/vɛ.jœʁ/
veilleur is spelled V-E-I-L-L-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Veilleur is a French masculine noun meaning “watchman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui veille”.
What does veilleur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewatchman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui veille. 2. Ecclésiastique ou religieux qui veille un mort. 3. Celui qui est de garde, de surveillance, spécialement la nuit. 4. Veilleur de nuit.
noun: 1. Membre des Veilleurs.
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 veilleur
- veilleurs plural
- veilleuse feminine
- Veilleurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce veilleur?
- /vɛ.jœʁ/
- /ve.jœʁ/
- \vɛ.jœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is veilleur in French?
veilleur appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).