cuistance

\kɥis.tɑ̃s\

/\kɥis.tɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Durant la Première Guerre mondiale, lieu situé en arrière les tranchées où l’on prépare le repas des soldats du front.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cuistance · cuistance · French

cuistance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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 cuistance
PropertyValue
Headwordcuistance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɥis.tɑ̃s\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cuistance » en français

cuistancen'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

cuistance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɥis.tɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

cuistance has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cuistance, spelled C-U-I-S-T-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Durant la Première Guerre mondiale, lieu situé en arrière les tranchées où l’on prépare le repas des soldats du front.
  2. 2
    Lieu où l’on prépare le repas, cuisine.
  3. 3
    Élaboration du repas, cuisine.
  4. 4
    Repas, nourriture, cuisine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ah! y en’a qui disent qu’à la cuistance, on est embusqués.
  2. Je la voyais déboucher de la cuistance, portant un plateau avec la rouille et les deux verres en équilibre dessus.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuistance"?
"cuistance" is spelled C-U-I-S-T-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɥis.tɑ̃s\.
What does "cuistance" mean?
As a noun, "cuistance" means: Durant la Première Guerre mondiale, lieu situé en arrière les tranchées où l’on prépare le repas des soldats du front.
How do you pronounce "cuistance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuistance" is \kɥis.tɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuistance" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list