avoir le gosier sec
\a.vwaʁ lə ɡo.zje sɛk\
The verdict
“avoir le gosier sec” 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) - Ressentir le besoin ou l’envie de boire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avoir-le-gosier-sec · avoir le gosier sec · French
avoir le gosier sec · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 sec |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vwaʁ lə ɡo.zje sɛk\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « avoir le gosier sec » en français
Rare enough to double-check
avoir le gosier sec is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwaʁ lə ɡo.zje sɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
avoir le gosier sec doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is avoir le gosier sec, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -G-O-S-I-E-R- -S-E-C.
Definition
- 1Ressentir le besoin ou l’envie de boire.
- 2Aimer à boire, avoir toujours soif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how avoir le gosier sec appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avez-vous parfois enduré cette trinité de supplices : la faim, la soif, la chaleur ? … Avez-vous eu en même temps l’estomac creux, le gosier sec, le crâne en feu ?
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.