enluminer
\ɑ̃.ly.mi.ne\
The verdict
“enluminer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Colorier, orner, peindre de couleurs vives.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enluminer · enluminer · French
enluminer · 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 "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 | enluminer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ly.mi.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
enluminer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.ly.mi.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
enluminer has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is enluminer, spelled E-N-L-U-M-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Colorier, orner, peindre de couleurs vives.
- 2Insuffler des couleurs légères sur les étoffes imprimées.
- 3Rendre le teint du visage rouge, vif, enflammé.
- 4Se parer d’ornements qui ont de l’éclat, mais qui sont plutôt de mauvais goût.
- 5Se mettre du rouge.
- 6Se disait des femmes par dénigrement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enluminer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enluminer une estampe.
Devant elle, sur une table de pierre, était placé un crucifix d’ivoire, près duquel était posé un missel dont les pages étaient richement enluminées, et qui se fermait avec des agrafes d’or.
This word in other languages
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.