French word

explorateur

Pronunciation

IPA/ɛksploʁatœʁ/

Meaning

  • masculine nounexplorer

Example

L'explorateur est revenu hier.

The explorer came back yesterday.

Illustration for explorateur (explorer)

More examples

Chaque explorateur part avec du matériel.

Every explorer sets out with equipment.

Core concept

A person who enters unfamiliar places, studies them, and returns with recorded observations.

Common phrases

  • un explorateur en herbe

    an aspiring explorer

  • un explorateur professionnel

    a professional explorer

Similar words

aventurier: A person drawn to risky experiences and the excitement of adventure.
voyageur: A person who journeys to and visits different places.
chercheur: A person who researches one field in search of new understanding.
guide: A person who shows people or groups the way to their destination.

Definition in French

Personne qui part dans des lieux peu connus pour les étudier, les décrire et en rapporter des informations.

Word origin

French explorateur comes from Latin explorator, formed from explorare, 'to investigate', with the agent suffix -ator, adapted as -ateur.

Usage tips

  • Explorateur is masculine; the feminine form is exploratrice, and the usual singular article is l'explorateur because the noun begins with a vowel sound.

Opposites

  • casanierhomebodynoun

Related words

  • exploratricefemale explorernoun

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