French word

viticulteur

Pronunciation

IPA/vitikyltœʁ/

Meaning

  • masculine noungrape grower

Example

Un viticulteur vend ses raisins au marché local.

A grape grower sells his grapes at the local market.

Illustration for viticulteur (grape grower)

More examples

Nous avons rencontré un viticulteur lors de la foire.

We met a winegrower at the fair.

Core concept

A grower managing vineyard rows from planting through grape harvest for sale or winemaking.

Common phrases

  • un viticulteur bio

    an organic winegrower

  • un viticulteur indépendant

    an independent winegrower

  • rencontrer un viticulteur

    meet a winegrower

Similar words

vigneron: A grape grower involved in cultivating grapes and making wine.
récoltant: A grape producer who harvests grapes.

Definition in French

Personne qui produit des raisins en gérant les vignes, que ce soit pour la vente ou pour la vinification.

Word origin

Viticulteur combines Latin vitis, 'vine', with cultor, 'cultivator', through the French term viticulture and the agent ending -teur.

Usage tips

  • Viticulteur is masculine, with the feminine form viticultrice; its plural is viticulteurs.

Other meanings

  • wine grape growernoun

Opposites

Related words

  • viticulturewinegrowingnoun
  • viticoleviticulturaladjective

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