athanée
\a.ta.ne\
The verdict
“athanée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu de réunion avant des obsèques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-athanee · athanée · French
athanée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | athanée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ta.ne\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
athanée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ta.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lieu de réunion avant des obsèques.".
athanée doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 athanée, spelled A-T-H-A-N-É-E.
Definition
- 1Lieu de réunion avant des obsèques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how athanée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Antonin remarqua distraitement que les taches brunes gagnaient insensiblement le dos de ses mains, clous de cercueil ou fleurs d’athanée. Selon le jour de convoi.
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.