zingueur
French, noun/zɛ̃.ɡœʁ/
zingueur is spelled Z-I-N-G-U-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zingueur is a French masculine noun meaning “zincworker, zincsmith” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouvrier qui travaille le zinc”.
What does zingueur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezincworker, zincsmith
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ouvrier qui travaille le zinc.
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 zingueur
- zingueurs plural
- zingueuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zingueur?
- /zɛ̃.ɡœʁ/
- \zɛ̃.ɡœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zingueur in French?
zingueur appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).