cuistance
\kɥis.tɑ̃s\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuistance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɥis.tɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cuistance » en français
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
- 1Durant la Première Guerre mondiale, lieu situé en arrière les tranchées où l’on prépare le repas des soldats du front.
- 2Lieu où l’on prépare le repas, cuisine.
- 3Élaboration du repas, cuisine.
- 4Repas, nourriture, cuisine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cuistance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ah! y en’a qui disent qu’à la cuistance, on est embusqués.
Je la voyais déboucher de la cuistance, portant un plateau avec la rouille et les deux verres en équilibre dessus.
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.