au placard
\o pla.kaʁ\
The verdict
“au placard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - Dans un état d’inutilité, d’oubli, engendré par un rejet, une nature démodée, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-placard · au placard · French
au placard · 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 | au placard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \o pla.kaʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « au placard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
au placard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \o pla.kaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for au placard in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is au placard, spelled A-U- -P-L-A-C-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Dans un état d’inutilité, d’oubli, engendré par un rejet, une nature démodée, etc.
- 2Qui n’a pas dévoilé son orientation sexuelle ou sa transidentité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au placard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mettre un salarié au placard équivaut à le harceler ! Ainsi en a jugé la Cour de cassation dans un arrêt du 6 juillet 2010, […].
De nombreuses lesbiennes, bisexuelles et transgenres restent au placard, de peur de la réaction de leur famille, ami, employeur ou, simplement, parce qu'ils estiment qu'ils n'ont pas à étaler leur sexualité sur la place publique.
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.