date butoir
\dat by.twaʁ\
The verdict
“date butoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Date avant laquelle quelque chose doit être fait.
Corpus desk
Index FR-date-butoir · date butoir · French
date butoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | date butoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dat by.twaʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « date butoir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
date butoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dat by.twaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for date butoir, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is date butoir, spelled D-A-T-E- -B-U-T-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Date avant laquelle quelque chose doit être fait.
- 2Date avant laquelle un crédit doit avoir été accordé pour que les échéances de remboursement correspondantes puissent être consolidées dans les accords de restructuration.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how date butoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En ce qui concerne la période d’amnistiabilité, la Commission entend les atteintes graves aux droits de l'homme commises entre le 1ᵉʳ mars 1960 et le 10 mai 1994 inclus. Les demandes d’amnistie sont déposées avant la date butoir du 30 septembre 1997. — (De la comparaison à l'histoire croisée, sous la direction de Michael Werner & Bénédicte Zimmermann, vol…
La recherche d’une date butoir significative, d’une rupture entre passé et présent est restée une préoccupation constante des historiens dans leur manière de découper le temps.
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.