coureur de cotillons
\ku.ʁœʁ də kɔ.ti.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“coureur de cotillons” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui courtise les femmes de condition inférieure à la sienne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coureur-de-cotillons · coureur de cotillons · French
coureur de cotillons · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | coureur de cotillons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.ʁœʁ də kɔ.ti.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coureur de cotillons » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coureur de cotillons is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.ʁœʁ də kɔ.ti.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui courtise les femmes de condition inférieure à la sienne.".
No misspelling variants are generated for coureur de cotillons in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is coureur de cotillons, spelled C-O-U-R-E-U-R- -D-E- -C-O-T-I-L-L-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Celui qui courtise les femmes de condition inférieure à la sienne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coureur de cotillons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je connais la vie de ces quarante hommes. Ce ne sont pas là des soudards ni des coureurs de cotillons. Chacun porte en sa besace la bible d'Osterwald, édition expurgée.
J’étais la jalousie ambulante, mais j’ai laissé partir la fille que j’aimais avec un copain que je savais coureur de cotillons pour avoir fait les cent dix-neuf coups avec lui.
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.