balèvre
\ba.lɛvʁ\
The verdict
“balèvre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des lèvres avancées et faisant la moue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-balevre · balèvre · French
balèvre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | balèvre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.lɛvʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « balèvre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
balèvre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.lɛvʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for balèvre in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is balèvre, spelled B-A-L-È-V-R-E.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des lèvres avancées et faisant la moue.
- 2Légère saillie qu’une pierre, une pièce de charpente, de menuiserie ou de serrurerie, mal dressées, présentent près de leurs joints d’assemblage dans une construction. Coulure entre les planches de coffrage, ayant durci après décoffrage de béton.
- 3Pierre ou brique qui dépasse volontairement de l'alignement du mur dans un but décoratif.
- 4À propos d’un ouvrage coulé en plâtre ou fondu en bronze, parties de la matière qui font saillie sur la surface de l’épreuve moulée et présentent des plans inégaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how balèvre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ô ces doigts de grand'mères sur ces balèvres de grand'mères!... Salive laborieuse, est-ce toi qui dégoulines de ces toiles sur les verveines et sur les pastèques?...
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.