borsalino
\bɔʁ.sa.li.no\
The verdict
“borsalino” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chapeau mou en feutre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-borsalino · borsalino · French
borsalino · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | borsalino |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔʁ.sa.li.no\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
borsalino is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔʁ.sa.li.no\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chapeau mou en feutre.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for borsalino in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is borsalino, spelled B-O-R-S-A-L-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1Chapeau mou en feutre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how borsalino appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nizan était le plus obsédé : parfois, en pleine veille, il se voyait cadavre ; il se levait, les yeux grouillants de vers, prenait en tâtonnant son Borsalino à coiffe ronde, disparaissait ; on le retrouvait le surlendemain, saoul, avec des inconnus.
De Georges, il dirait qu'il ressemble à un Italo-Mafioso-Sans-Flingue, mâtiné d'un relent de touriste sur les bords du Nil : avec cette chaleur, en pleine nuit, il porte sur le crâne, de guingois, un Borsalino beige, une chemise à pois blancs sur fond noir qui zigzague au bombé de l'estomac, […].
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.