courroie de transmission
\ku.ʁwa də tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“courroie de transmission” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Courroie qui transmet du mouvement et de la puissance entre arbres d’une machine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-courroie-de-transmission · courroie de transmission · French
courroie de transmission · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-10 10 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 | courroie de transmission |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.ʁwa də tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « courroie de transmission » en français
Rare enough to double-check
courroie de transmission is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.ʁwa də tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for courroie de transmission in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is courroie de transmission, spelled C-O-U-R-R-O-I-E- -D-E- -T-R-A-N-S-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Courroie qui transmet du mouvement et de la puissance entre arbres d’une machine.
- 2Personne, groupe ou institution facilitant la communication entre différentes parties prenantes, ou servant de porte-parole d’une des parties.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how courroie de transmission appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Visibilité, freinage, transmission, tous les autres points de contrôle prévus ne suscitent guère de commentaires. Une tension anormale sur la chaîne ou la courroie de transmission enverra en contre-visite, tout comme une « fuite excessive de liquide autre que de l’eau » : les vieilles motos qui suintent sont donc prévenues !
Le Front national, devenu Rassemblement national, est accusé d’avoir été une « courroie de transmission » du pouvoir russe dans le rapport de la commission d’enquête sur les ingérences étrangère
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.