brimade
\bʁi.mad\
The verdict
“brimade” 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) - Épreuve que les anciens imposent aux nouveaux dans les régiments, dans les écoles, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brimade · brimade · French
brimade · 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 | brimade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁi.mad\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
brimade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁi.mad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
brimade doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is brimade, spelled B-R-I-M-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Épreuve que les anciens imposent aux nouveaux dans les régiments, dans les écoles, etc.
- 2Punition des parents aux enfants consistant en une privation.
- 3Mesure ou traitement de nature inutile et vexatoire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brimade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Des vexations ignobles, toujours odieuses et quelquefois cruelles, sont exercées chaque année à l'Ecole militaire de Sainl-Cyr par les élèves de la première division (Ici anciens) sur ceux de la deuxième (les conscrits), sous le nom bizarre de brimades.
Dévorées par l’ennui, elles tâchent de le tromper en faisant des brimades aux nouvelles arrivées et en se disputant entre elles.
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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.