en avoir marre
\ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ maʁ\
The verdict
“en avoir marre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En avoir assez, ne plus supporter la situation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-avoir-marre · en avoir marre · French
en avoir marre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | en avoir marre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ maʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en avoir marre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en avoir marre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ maʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En avoir assez, ne plus supporter la situation.".
en avoir marre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is en avoir marre, spelled E-N- -A-V-O-I-R- -M-A-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1En avoir assez, ne plus supporter la situation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en avoir marre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le général Deletoile avait ses quatre cadavres, quatre hommes qui avaient comme des millions d'autres, eu le tort, aux yeux de ce bourreau, « d'en avoir marre » du sang, de la boue, du froid, de la faim endurés depuis des mois.
Grâce à Nicolas on pourrait faire réviser la machine à laver et ça c’était une bonne chose parce qu’autrement les couches, et j’en avais marre des couches, marre, marre, marre.
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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.