cave à vin
\ka.v‿a vɛ̃\
The verdict
“cave à vin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce souterraine où l’on entrepose le vin à température constante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cave-a-vin · cave à vin · French
cave à vin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | cave à vin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.v‿a vɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cave à vin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cave à vin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.v‿a vɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cave à vin in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 cave à vin, spelled C-A-V-E- -À- -V-I-N.
Definition
- 1Pièce souterraine où l’on entrepose le vin à température constante.
- 2Meuble réfrigéré remplissant cette fonction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cave à vin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et si la réduction des dépenses publiques passait symboliquement par la vente de la cave à vin de l’Élysée ?
Tout le choix […] en cave à vin : l’armoire de vieillissement est idéale pour permettre au vin d'atteindre son apogée.
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.