délinéer
\de.li.ne.e\
The verdict
“délinéer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tracer le contour.
Corpus desk
Index FR-delineer · délinéer · French
délinéer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | délinéer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.li.ne.e\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « délinéer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
délinéer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.li.ne.e\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tracer le contour.".
délinéer has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is délinéer, spelled D-É-L-I-N-É-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tracer le contour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how délinéer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand on pense au génie si particulier déjà visible sur les premières monnaies celtes, en dépit de techniques adoptées de la Grèce, quand on songe à ce don de faire bouger la forme animale ou d'étirer et d'entrelacer les plantes, qui se retrouvera chez les enlumineurs et les imagiers de l'ère chrétienne, on ne doute pas que ces hommes eussent pu, s'ils l'…
Poussière de craie, chiffrant un néant qui cherche à gonfler la bulle, la fine membrane blanche qui l'enclôt, délinéant une part de nuit obscure et contournée sur le fond d'une nuit d'asphalte plus vaste, ligne hâtive silhouettant une absence et que les passants indifférents crèvent, emportent et dispersent à la semelle de leurs souliers.
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.