enfant de salaud
\ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.sa.lo\
The verdict
“enfant de salaud” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au sens propre : rejeton d’une personne méprisable
Corpus desk
Index FR-enfant-de-salaud · enfant de salaud · French
enfant de salaud · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 | enfant de salaud |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.sa.lo\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « enfant de salaud » en français
Rare enough to double-check
enfant de salaud is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.sa.lo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for enfant de salaud in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is enfant de salaud, spelled E-N-F-A-N-T- -D-E- -S-A-L-A-U-D.
Definition
- 1Au sens propre : rejeton d’une personne méprisable
- 2Personne méprisable ou importune, parfois utilisé de manière plaisante sans intention réelle d’injurier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enfant de salaud appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y avait deux façons de se trouver privé d'amour paternel : être né d'un résistant fusillé ou d'un collaborateur exécuté; et peut-être les fils de héros ne se jugeaient-ils pas moins à plaindre que les enfants de salauds.
Lidoire.– Enfant de salaud qui dit : « Si vous croyez que ça me touche !… » Bien sûr que ça devrait te toucher, sale tringlo !… turco !… fantassin !…
Synonyms
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.