beurré comme un Petit Lu
\bø.ʁe kɔ.m‿œ̃ pə.ti ly\
The verdict
“beurré comme un Petit Lu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Être complètement saoul.
Corpus desk
Index FR-beurre-comme-un-petit-lu · beurré comme un Petit Lu · French
beurré comme un Petit Lu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | beurré comme un Petit Lu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bø.ʁe kɔ.m‿œ̃ pə.ti ly\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
beurré comme un Petit Lu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bø.ʁe kɔ.m‿œ̃ pə.ti ly\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être complètement saoul.".
No misspelling variants are generated for beurré comme un Petit Lu in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is beurré comme un Petit Lu, spelled B-E-U-R-R-É- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -P-E-T-I-T- -L-U.
Definition
- 1Être complètement saoul.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how beurré comme un Petit Lu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’avais un boy musulman qui, dans la journée, faisait scrupuleusement ses prières et, le soir, se trouvait régulièrement dans un état d’ébriété avancé, je dirais même : beurré comme un Petit Lu.
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.