couteau de barbier

\ku.to də baʁ.bje\

/\ku.to də baʁ.bje\/ noun

The verdict

“couteau de barbier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rasoir à lame pliante.

Corpus desk

Index FR-couteau-de-barbier · couteau de barbier · French

couteau de barbier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-9 9 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.

Key facts for couteau de barbier
PropertyValue
Headwordcouteau de barbier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.to də baʁ.bje\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « couteau de barbier » en français

couteau de barbiern'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

couteau de barbier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.to də baʁ.bje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rasoir à lame pliante.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for couteau de barbier, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is couteau de barbier, spelled C-O-U-T-E-A-U- -D-E- -B-A-R-B-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rasoir à lame pliante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how couteau de barbier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ce type de rasoir dispose d’une lame à double tranchant remplaçable et permet un rasage plus sûr sans risque de se couper comme avec un couteau de barbier.

Synonyms

coupe-chouxcouteau de rasagecouteau-rasoirrasoir de barbier

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "couteau de barbier"?
"couteau de barbier" is spelled C-O-U-T-E-A-U- -D-E- -B-A-R-B-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.to də baʁ.bje\.
What does "couteau de barbier" mean?
As a noun, "couteau de barbier" means: Rasoir à lame pliante.
How do you pronounce "couteau de barbier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couteau de barbier" is \ku.to də baʁ.bje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list