abat-jour
\a.ba.ʒuʁ\
The verdict
“abat-jour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cadre ou réflecteur en papier ou en tissu pourvu souvent d’une armature en métal que l’on place sur les lampes ou à tout autre éclairage pour diriger la lumière tout en protégeant les yeux de l’ébl...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abat-jour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ba.ʒuʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abat-jour” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
abat-jour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ba.ʒuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for abat-jour in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is abat-jour, spelled A-B-A-T---J-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Cadre ou réflecteur en papier ou en tissu pourvu souvent d’une armature en métal que l’on place sur les lampes ou à tout autre éclairage pour diriger la lumière tout en protégeant les yeux de l’éblouissement.
- 2Volet ou claire-voie que l’on place devant les ouvertures des habitations pour arrêter les rayons du soleil ou les insectes.
- 3Sorte de store ou de jalousie, constitué de lattes en bois, posé à l’extérieur de fenêtres à Lyon.
- 4Auvent.
- 5Fenêtre disposée de manière à diriger le jour obliquement de haut en bas.
- 6Forme qui protège de la lumière du soleil.
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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.
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Using “abat-jour”
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- The one correct French spelling is A-B-A-T---J-O-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ba.ʒuʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.