astre des nuits
\as.tʁə de nɥi\
The verdict
“astre des nuits” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La Lune.
Corpus desk
Index FR-astre-des-nuits · astre des nuits · French
astre des nuits · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | astre des nuits |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \as.tʁə de nɥi\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
astre des nuits is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \as.tʁə de nɥi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for astre des nuits, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is astre des nuits, spelled A-S-T-R-E- -D-E-S- -N-U-I-T-S.
Definition
- 1La Lune.
- 2La lune, les fesses, le postérieur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how astre des nuits appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… nᵒ 3 que la charge emploierait quatre cent mille livres de fulmi-coton qui, développant six milliards de litres de gaz sous le projectile, l'emporteraient facilement vers l'astre des nuits.
On hissa la triomphatrice, avec l’enfant, parmi les rires des deux camps ; et je tirais, fier comme un paon, la corde au bout de laquelle montait ma gaillarde, qui exposait à l’ennemi l’astre des nuits.
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.