avoir le gosier en pente
The verdict
“avoir le gosier en pente” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Boire beaucoup d’alcool.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avoir-le-gosier-en-pente · avoir le gosier en pente · French
avoir le gosier en pente · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-10 10 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 gosier en pente |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « avoir le gosier en pente » en français
Rare enough to double-check
avoir le gosier en pente is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Boire beaucoup d’alcool.".
No misspelling variants are generated for avoir le gosier en pente in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is avoir le gosier en pente, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -G-O-S-I-E-R- -E-N- -P-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Boire beaucoup d’alcool.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avoir le gosier en pente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et la pêche l’hiver, qui donne ben d’l’argent… avec ça des bons gosiers, ben en pente…
Des bouteilles de whisky posées sur une tablette indiquent que Ribens a le gosier en pente.
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.