carême-prenant
\ka.ʁɛm.pʁə.nɑ̃\
The verdict
“carême-prenant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Les trois jours gras qui précèdent immédiatement le mercredi des cendres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-careme-prenant · carême-prenant · French
carême-prenant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | carême-prenant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʁɛm.pʁə.nɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
carême-prenant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʁɛm.pʁə.nɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for carême-prenant in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is carême-prenant, spelled C-A-R-Ê-M-E---P-R-E-N-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Les trois jours gras qui précèdent immédiatement le mercredi des cendres.
- 2Mardi-gras.
- 3Gens masqués et déguisés qui courent les rues pendant les jours gras.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how carême-prenant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais voici les jours gras. Si mal armés qu’on soit, on doit leur faire honneur. Le renom de la ville, le nôtre sont engagés. Que dirait-on de Clamecy, gloire des andouillettes, si Carême-prenant nous trouvait sans moutarde ?
Pour ne pas traverser la ville en carême prenant, les comédiens avaient fait porter leurs habits au jeu de paume et les actrices s’accommodaient dans la salle que nous avons décrite.
Synonyms
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.