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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

voltigeur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables
voltigeur
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of a picked company of skirmishers in each regiment of the French infantry during the Napoleonic Wars.

noun

A ranger.

Canadian usage

Etymology

Borrowed from French voltigeur, from voltiger (“to vault”), Italian volteggiare. See volt (“a tread”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: voltigeur, volteggiare

Usage

Inflected Forms

voltigeurs (plural)

Questions

What does voltigeur mean?
One of a picked company of skirmishers in each regiment of the French infantry during the Napoleonic Wars.
Where does voltigeur come from?
It is traced to French.

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