douanier

See also: Douanier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French douanier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌduːɑːniˈeɪ/, /ˌdwɑːniˈeɪ/

Noun

douanier (plural douaniers)

1. An officer of the French customs.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “douanier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French douanier.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˌdu.aːˈnjeː/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /ˌdu.aːˈniːr/

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• Hyphenation: dou‧a‧nier
• Rhymes: -iːr, -eː

Noun

douanier m (plural douaniers)

1. A customs official.

   Synonym: douanebeambte

Related terms

• douane

French

Etymology

From douane +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwa.nje/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

douanier (feminine douanière, masculine plural douaniers, feminine plural douanières)

1. (relational) customs

Noun

douanier m (plural douaniers, feminine douanière)

1. customs officer

Further reading

• “douanier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.