bougie nouvelle
\bu.ʒi nu.vɛl\
The verdict
“bougie nouvelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Ancien nom de la candela.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bougie-nouvelle · bougie nouvelle · French
bougie nouvelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | bougie nouvelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bu.ʒi nu.vɛl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bougie nouvelle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bougie nouvelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.ʒi nu.vɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancien nom de la candela.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bougie nouvelle in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bougie nouvelle, spelled B-O-U-G-I-E- -N-O-U-V-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Ancien nom de la candela.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bougie nouvelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les lots de lampes à filament de carbone, étalonnées en bougies nouvelles, continueront à servir d’étalons pratiques, le recours au corps noir-platine n’étant envisagé que pour le contrôle périodique de ces groupes de lampes.
Le Bureau International des Poids et Mesures définit en 1946 la bougie nouvelle, comme « la grandeur telle que la brillance du radiateur intégral à la température de solidification du platine soit de 60 bougies nouvelles par centimètre carré ».
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.