crier famine
\kʁi.je fa.min\
The verdict
“crier famine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manifester sa faim, son besoin de s’alimenter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crier-famine · crier famine · French
crier famine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | crier famine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kʁi.je fa.min\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crier famine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crier famine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kʁi.je fa.min\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for crier famine, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is crier famine, spelled C-R-I-E-R- -F-A-M-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Manifester sa faim, son besoin de s’alimenter.
- 2Être en grand manque des ressources habituelles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crier famine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] mais, comme nos estomacs criaient famine à force de gargouillements de plus en plus impératifs, il accepta l’idée d’une halte quand on eut repéré un petit restaurant pourlingue en bord de route.
Quand on m’astreignait à des exercices oiseux, mon esprit criait famine et je me disais que je perdais un temps précieux.
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.