dommage collatéral
\dɔ.maʒ kɔ.la.te.ʁal\
The verdict
“dommage collatéral” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Euphémisme désignant des victimes civiles ou alliées aussi bien que des dégâts matériels lors d’opérations de guerre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dommage-collateral · dommage collatéral · French
dommage collatéral · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | dommage collatéral |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ.maʒ kɔ.la.te.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
dommage collatéral is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ.maʒ kɔ.la.te.ʁal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
dommage collatéral has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dommage collatéral, spelled D-O-M-M-A-G-E- -C-O-L-L-A-T-É-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Euphémisme désignant des victimes civiles ou alliées aussi bien que des dégâts matériels lors d’opérations de guerre.
- 2Dégâts ou dommages causés involontairement ou inconsciemment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dommage collatéral appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les dommages collatéraux causés par ce bombardement ont scandalisé la presse du pays.
Plus les jours passent, plus le risque est grand que les hôpitaux doivent « choisir » entre l’accueil de patients Covid et d’autres patients (cancers, accidents de la route, etc.). Avec des dommages collatéraux sérieux, qui peuvent aller jusqu’à la mort des patients « dépriorisés ».
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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.