vétillard
French, noun\ve.ti.jaʁ\
vétillard is a French masculine noun meaning “trifler (someone who trifles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui s’amuse à des vétilles”.
What does vétillard mean in English?
adjective
- 1
particular, fastidious punctilious
- 2
nitpicky, captious
noun
- 1
masculinetrifler (someone who trifles)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui s’amuse à des vétilles.
adjective: 1. Vétilleux.
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 vétillard
- vétillarde feminine
- vétillards masculine plural
- vétillardes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vétillard?
- \ve.ti.jaʁ\
- [ve.ti.jaʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vétillard in French?
vétillard appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).