asinesque
\a.si.nɛsk\
The verdict
“asinesque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a la forme d’un âne, ou qui concerne les ânes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-asinesque · asinesque · French
asinesque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | asinesque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.si.nɛsk\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « asinesque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
asinesque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.si.nɛsk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a la forme d’un âne, ou qui concerne les ânes.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for asinesque, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is asinesque, spelled A-S-I-N-E-S-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a la forme d’un âne, ou qui concerne les ânes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how asinesque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le tableau [We Three, mentionné par Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, II: 3] ne représente que deux ânes là où le titre en annonce trois : si le spectateur se reconnaît dans le troisième, c’est qu’il accepte le statut asinesque ; s’il le refuse, c’est qu’il ne comprend pas le jeu, et il est donc implicitement réduit au même statut […]
On voit encore de temps en temps ce noble animal portant, au lieu d’un soldat du Rif, d’un pèlerin de la Mecque ou d’un marchand de Smyrne, des femmes et des enfants dans de ridicules paniers ; cacolet burlesque qui ne messied pas à l’âne, mais déshonore le cheval ou le chameau ; on en rencontre aussi, portant un homme sur leur bosse et un second placé de…
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