à la Saint-Glinglin
\a la sɛ̃.ɡlɛ̃.ɡlɛ̃\
The verdict
“à la Saint-Glinglin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À une date indéterminée et lointaine, voire jamais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-saint-glinglin · à la Saint-Glinglin · French
à la Saint-Glinglin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à la Saint-Glinglin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a la sɛ̃.ɡlɛ̃.ɡlɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à la Saint-Glinglin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a la sɛ̃.ɡlɛ̃.ɡlɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À une date indéterminée et lointaine, voire jamais.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for à la Saint-Glinglin, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is à la Saint-Glinglin, spelled À- -L-A- -S-A-I-N-T---G-L-I-N-G-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1À une date indéterminée et lointaine, voire jamais.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à la Saint-Glinglin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Vous voulez que je vous garde ici jusqu’à la Saint-Glinglin ?
Ces pensées funestes se bousculaient dans ma tête en feu quand le conducteur de la machine poussa un coup de klaxon pour me rappeler qu’il ne pouvait pas attendre jusqu’à la Saint-Glinglin.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.