demi-jour
\də.mi.ʒuʁ\
The verdict
“demi-jour” 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) - Faible clarté, spécialement au début ou à la fin du jour.
Corpus desk
Index FR-demi-jour · demi-jour · French
demi-jour · 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 "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 | demi-jour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \də.mi.ʒuʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « demi-jour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
demi-jour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \də.mi.ʒuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faible clarté, spécialement au début ou à la fin du jour.".
demi-jour doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is demi-jour, spelled D-E-M-I---J-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Faible clarté, spécialement au début ou à la fin du jour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how demi-jour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle se condamnait chez elle au demi-jour en faisant la malade afin de rester dans les teintes protectrices d’une lumière passée à la mousseline.
Les bougie s’éteignaient. Un demi-jour rougeâtre tombant de haut ne formait plus qu’une sorte de brouillard lumineux, composé de la fine poussière odorante et des impalpables vapeurs du bal.
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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.