au doigt mouillé
French, prepositional phrase/o dwa mu.je/
au doigt mouillé is a French prepositional phrase meaning “by the seat of one's pants, as a rule of thumb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does au doigt mouillé mean in English?
prepositional phrase
- 1
informalby the seat of one's pants, as a rule of thumb
une estimation au doigt mouillé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Approximativement, au pif (désigne toute évaluation sommaire, imprécise).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of au doigt mouillé
- à l’index mouillé
- à biste de nas dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce au doigt mouillé?
- /o dwa mu.je/
- \o dwa mu.je\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to au doigt mouillé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.