antilambda
\ɑ̃.ti.lɑ̃b.da\
The verdict
“antilambda” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Signe qui tenait lieu de guillemets.
Corpus desk
Index FR-antilambda · antilambda · French
antilambda · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | antilambda |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ti.lɑ̃b.da\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
antilambda is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.ti.lɑ̃b.da\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Signe qui tenait lieu de guillemets.".
No misspelling variants are generated for antilambda in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is antilambda, spelled A-N-T-I-L-A-M-B-D-A.
Definition
- 1Signe qui tenait lieu de guillemets.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how antilambda appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le chevron, qu'on appelle aussi parfois crochet en chevron ou crochet oblique, est l'ancêtre du guillemet; c'est ce signe qu'on employait autrefois pour indiquer une citation. Le chevron est représenté par la lettre majuscule grecque lambda (Λ) en position couchée (< ou >). On a d'ailleurs déjà appelé ce signe antilambda.
Synonyms
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.