avoir le cuir dur
\a.vwaʁ lə kɥiʁ dyʁ\
The verdict
“avoir le cuir dur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animal à peau épaisse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avoir-le-cuir-dur · avoir le cuir dur · French
avoir le cuir dur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | avoir le cuir dur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vwaʁ lə kɥiʁ dyʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
avoir le cuir dur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwaʁ lə kɥiʁ dyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for avoir le cuir dur, 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is avoir le cuir dur, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -C-U-I-R- -D-U-R.
Definition
- 1Animal à peau épaisse.
- 2Être de constitution solide, robuste ; avoir une bonne santé.
- 3Être insensible aux critiques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avoir le cuir dur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La jeunesse Gauloise s’exerçoit à la chasse de cet animal. Il a le cuir dur, On fait de sa corne ainsi que de celle du bœuf divers ouvrages.
Un mois après son arrivée, tout en se vantant d'« avoir le cuir dur » et une solide constitution d'ouvrier métallurgiste ou de « batelier », il se plaignait de « légers malaises » […]
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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.