dormir sous le marronnier
\dɔʁ.miʁ su lə ma.ʁɔ.nje\
The verdict
“dormir sous le marronnier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être mort et enterré.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dormir-sous-le-marronnie · dormir sous le marronnier · French
dormir sous le marronnier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 25 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | dormir sous le marronnier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \dɔʁ.miʁ su lə ma.ʁɔ.nje\ |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dormir sous le marronnier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dormir sous le marronnier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \dɔʁ.miʁ su lə ma.ʁɔ.nje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être mort et enterré.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dormir sous le marronnier, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dormir sous le marronnier, spelled D-O-R-M-I-R- -S-O-U-S- -L-E- -M-A-R-R-O-N-N-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Être mort et enterré.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dormir sous le marronnier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils auraient eu le bien, l’argent, la maison : nous, les vieux, nous aurions bien trouvé un petit coin, pour y loger, en attendant d’aller dormir sous le marronnier.
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.