cire-pompe
\siʁ pɔ̃p\
The verdict
“cire-pompe” 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) - Personne qui présente un comportement flatteur, obséquieux et sans discernement devant toutes les formes d’autorité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cire-pompe · cire-pompe · French
cire-pompe · 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 | cire-pompe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \siʁ pɔ̃p\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cire-pompe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cire-pompe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \siʁ pɔ̃p\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui présente un comportement flatteur, obséquieux et sans discernement devant toutes les formes d’autorité.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cire-pompe, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cire-pompe, spelled C-I-R-E---P-O-M-P-E.
Definition
- 1Personne qui présente un comportement flatteur, obséquieux et sans discernement devant toutes les formes d’autorité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cire-pompe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’était le temps des agents, des stipendiés, des cire-pompes et des petits télégraphistes.
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.