caillouteur

kajutœʁ

Definition

Definition of caillouteur - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

routes

Dated

ouvrier qui posait des pierres sur les chemins

Dated

Les caillouteurs empierraient la route principale du village.

armes

Rare

ouvrier qui taillait les pierres à fusil

Rare

Le caillouteur façonnait des pierres pour les mousquets du roi.

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Origin of caillouteur

ancien français, caillou (petite pierre) + suffixe -teur (agent)

Examples of caillouteur in a sentence

Les archives mentionnent le salaire journalier d'un caillouteur au XIXe siècle.
Le caillouteur choisissait un silex sans fissure.
Un caillouteur expérimenté fournissait l’arsenal local.

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English:road mender, flint knapper, ...
German:Steinsetzer, Feuersteinbearbeiter, ...
Italian:selciatore, tagliatore di pietre focaie, ...
Spanish:empedrador, tallador de pedernales, ...
Portuguese:calceteiro, talhador de pedras, ...
Chinese:铺石工, 燧石工, ...
Japanese:石敷き工, 火打石職人, ...
Arabic:عَامِل تَبْلِيط الطُّرُق, نحات حجارة الزناد, ...
Hebrew:סַלַּל, מְלַטֵּשׁ אַבְנֵי צוּר, ...
Russian:каменщик на дорогах, кремнёвщик, ...
Ukrainian:каменяр, каменяр для кременів, ...
Catalan:empedrador de camins, tallador de pedres de fusell, ...
Danish:vejarbejder, håndværker der tilhuggede flintesten til geværer, ...
Dutch:steenlegger, vuursteenbewerker, ...
Greek:λιθοστρωτής, πετροκόφτης, ...
Khmer:កម្មកររាលថ្ម, អ្នកឆ្លាក់ថ្មសម្រាប់កាំភ្លើងបុរាណ, ...
Korean:길에 돌을 놓는 노동자, 부싯돌 장인, ...
Polish:brukarz, łupacz krzemienia, ...
Portuguese (BR):trabalhador de calçamento, talhador de pederneira, ...
Romanian:pietrar, muncitor care fasona pietre pentru arme de foc, ...
Swedish:stenläggare, flinthuggare, ...
Thai:คนปูหินถนน, คนตัดหินจุดไฟ, ...
Turkish:taş döşeyici, çakmaktaşı ustası, ...
Vietnamese:công nhân rải đá, thợ đẽo đá lửa, ...

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