envoyer ad patres
\ɑ̃.vwa.je ad pat.ʁɛs\
The verdict
“envoyer ad patres” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tuer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-envoyer-ad-patres · envoyer ad patres · French
envoyer ad patres · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | envoyer ad patres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.vwa.je ad pat.ʁɛs\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « envoyer ad patres » en français
Rare enough to double-check
envoyer ad patres is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.vwa.je ad pat.ʁɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tuer.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for envoyer ad patres, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is envoyer ad patres, spelled E-N-V-O-Y-E-R- -A-D- -P-A-T-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Tuer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how envoyer ad patres appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le jeune prince, ayant donc fait grand train dans la ville, disparut une belle nuit. Les uns disent qu’il a enlevé une femme ; d’autres, qu’il a été enlevé lui-même par ordre de son grand-père, et mis sous clef dans quelque château, en attendant qu’il se corrige de son penchant à la débauche ; d’autres enfin pensent que, dans quelque tripot, il aura reçu…
Le signal ! De partout à la fois, le tonnerre de nos fusils éclata. Ce ne fut pas long : toutes ces silhouettes d’encre furent envoyées ad patres dans les deux minutes : on aurait dit qu’ils s'enfonçaient dans le sol ou qu’ils s’envolaient et se dissipaient comme de la fumée.
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.