clou de Biskra
\klu də bis.kʁa\
The verdict
“clou de Biskra” 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) - (pourtour méditerranéen) Ancien nom de la leishmaniose cutanée.
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Index FR-clou-de-biskra · clou de Biskra · French
clou de Biskra · 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 | clou de Biskra |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \klu də bis.kʁa\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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clou de Biskra is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \klu də bis.kʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(pourtour méditerranéen) Ancien nom de la leishmaniose cutanée.".
clou de Biskra has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is clou de Biskra, spelled C-L-O-U- -D-E- -B-I-S-K-R-A.
Definition
- 1(pourtour méditerranéen) Ancien nom de la leishmaniose cutanée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how clou de Biskra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est ici que les frères Edmond et Etienne Sergent de l’Institut Pasteur d’Alger vont étudier entre 1901-1904 les phlébotomes, célèbres sous le nom de « mouches des dattes », soupçonnés de transmettre « le bouton des dattes » (hab ntaâ tmar) ou le clou de Biskra, appelé aussi clou de Laghouat, de Ouargla, de Touggourt, du M’zab, des Zibans ou de Tébessa.
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.