court sur jambes
\kuʁ syʁ ʒɑ̃b\
The verdict
“court sur jambes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit, même debout, en parlant d'une personne ou d'un animal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-court-sur-jambes · court sur jambes · French
court sur jambes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 | court sur jambes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kuʁ syʁ ʒɑ̃b\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
court sur jambes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kuʁ syʁ ʒɑ̃b\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit, même debout, en parlant d'une personne ou d'un animal.".
court sur jambes has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is court sur jambes, spelled C-O-U-R-T- -S-U-R- -J-A-M-B-E-S.
Definition
- 1Petit, même debout, en parlant d'une personne ou d'un animal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how court sur jambes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comme il était assez petit, on avait prévu une estrade qui produisit l'inverse de l'effet escompté. Juché au-dessus de la foule, il paraissait plus minuscule encore, court sur jambes.
Aïssa Hashas défendait son titre de champion de France des poids super-légers. Son adversaire, Jean-Claude Corroyez, court sur jambes et dominé en allonge, livrait un combat courageux, équilibré, malgré la précision et la variété des coups d'Hashas, dans un bon jour.
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.