avoir le gros ventre

\a.vwaʁ lə ɡʁo vɑ̃tʁ\

/\a.vwaʁ lə ɡʁo vɑ̃tʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“avoir le gros ventre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être enceinte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-avoir-le-gros-ventre · avoir le gros ventre · French

avoir le gros ventre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 20 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.

Key facts for avoir le gros ventre
PropertyValue
Headwordavoir le gros ventre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.vwaʁ lə ɡʁo vɑ̃tʁ\
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « avoir le gros ventre » en français

avoir le gros ventrereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

avoir le gros ventre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwaʁ lə ɡʁo vɑ̃tʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être enceinte.".

No misspelling variants are generated for avoir le gros ventre in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 gros ventre, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -G-R-O-S- -V-E-N-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être enceinte.

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 gros ventre"?
"avoir le gros ventre" is spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -G-R-O-S- -V-E-N-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vwaʁ lə ɡʁo vɑ̃tʁ\.
What does "avoir le gros ventre" mean?
As a verb, "avoir le gros ventre" means: Être enceinte.
How do you pronounce "avoir le gros ventre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avoir le gros ventre" is \a.vwaʁ lə ɡʁo vɑ̃tʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avoir le gros ventre" come from?
"avoir le gros ventre" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list