avoir le cuir épais

\a.vwaʁ lə kɥi.ʁ‿e.pɛ\

/\a.vwaʁ lə kɥi.ʁ‿e.pɛ\/ verb

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.

Key facts for avoir le cuir épais
PropertyValue
Headwordavoir le cuir épais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.vwaʁ lə kɥi.ʁ‿e.pɛ\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « avoir le cuir épais » en français

avoir le cuir épaissiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Être particulièrement insensible.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how avoir le cuir épais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "avoir le cuir épais"?
"avoir le cuir épais" is spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -C-U-I-R- -É-P-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vwaʁ lə kɥi.ʁ‿e.pɛ\.
What does "avoir le cuir épais" mean?
As a verb, "avoir le cuir épais" means: Être particulièrement insensible.
How do you pronounce "avoir le cuir épais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avoir le cuir épais" is \a.vwaʁ lə kɥi.ʁ‿e.pɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list