avoir le cuir épais
\a.vwaʁ lə kɥi.ʁ‿e.pɛ\
The verdict
“avoir le cuir épais” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être particulièrement insensible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avoir-le-cuir-epais · avoir le cuir épais · French
avoir le cuir épais · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 épais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vwaʁ lə kɥi.ʁ‿e.pɛ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « avoir le cuir épais » en français
Rare enough to double-check
avoir le cuir épais is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwaʁ lə kɥi.ʁ‿e.pɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être particulièrement insensible.".
No misspelling variants are generated for avoir le cuir épais in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is avoir le cuir épais, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -C-U-I-R- -É-P-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Être particulièrement insensible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how avoir le cuir épais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Face à la redoutable efficacité d’une opposition qui semble savoir ce qu’elle veut, il faut, en effet, avoir le cuir épais.
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.