bomber le torse
\bɔ̃.be lə tɔʁs\
The verdict
“bomber le torse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gonfler la poitrine, la mettre en avant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bomber-le-torse · bomber le torse · French
bomber le torse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | bomber le torse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bɔ̃.be lə tɔʁs\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bomber le torse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bomber le torse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bɔ̃.be lə tɔʁs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bomber le torse, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bomber le torse, spelled B-O-M-B-E-R- -L-E- -T-O-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Gonfler la poitrine, la mettre en avant.
- 2Faire le fier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bomber le torse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils se sont tous regroupés là […]. Un lutteur de foire, pipe au bec, bombe le torse, il est fier de son titre : La Coccinelle et le Géomètre.
Cernés eux-mêmes par des CRS qui ont fait pleuvoir les gaz lacrymogènes sur eux depuis le matin pour les disperser. Sans y parvenir. Pleurant, suffoquant, ils étaient quelque 8 000 au total, selon le ministère de l’intérieur, et sont revenus à chaque fois bomber le torse place de l’Étoile.
This word in other languages
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.