ci-haut

\si o\

/\si o\/ adj

The verdict

“ci-haut” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Dans ce qui a été dit, écrit, exposé plus haut.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ci-haut · ci-haut · French

ci-haut · 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 "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.

Key facts for ci-haut
PropertyValue
Headwordci-haut
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\si o\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ci-haut » en français

ci-hautn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ci-haut is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \si o\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans ce qui a été dit, écrit, exposé plus haut.".

No misspelling variants are generated for ci-haut in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ci-haut, spelled C-I---H-A-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dans ce qui a été dit, écrit, exposé plus haut.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ci-haut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je crois au contraire que l’ordonnance rédigée dans les termes ci-hauts cités est susceptible d’exécution.
  2. Toutefois, quoi qu’il en soit des aspects positifs de ces faits, ce que l’on doit reconnaître avec loyauté est que ces faits ci-hauts évoqués ne conduisirent pas au succès que l’on estimerait total ni au rayonnement que l’on jugerait fulgurant et sans taches de la mission qui en était venue à l’extinction.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ci-haut"?
"ci-haut" is spelled C-I---H-A-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is \si o\.
What does "ci-haut" mean?
As an adjective, "ci-haut" means: Dans ce qui a été dit, écrit, exposé plus haut.
How do you pronounce "ci-haut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ci-haut" is \si o\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ci-haut" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list