esclaffer
\ɛs.kla.fe\
The verdict
“esclaffer” 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) - (Utilisé uniquement dans s’esclaffer) Éclater de rire bruyamment.
Corpus desk
Index FR-esclaffer · esclaffer · French
esclaffer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | esclaffer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛs.kla.fe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
esclaffer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛs.kla.fe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for esclaffer in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is esclaffer, spelled E-S-C-L-A-F-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1(Utilisé uniquement dans s’esclaffer) Éclater de rire bruyamment.
- 2Faire éclater.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how esclaffer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À peine avait-il commencé à faire le mouvement de tête et d’épaules de quelqu’un qui s’esclaffe qu’aussitôt il se mettait à tousser comme si, en riant trop fort, il avait avalé la fumée de sa pipe. Et la gardant toujours au coin de sa bouche, il prolongeait indéfiniment le simulacre de suffocation et d’hilarité.
Mais le plus drôle, c'était quand les deux mâles de la tribu Sauveterre, flanqués d’Eugénie, s’esclaffaient devant une toile du peintre placée contre le mur. C'était à crever de rire, à se rouler par terre. Feu roulant de lazzis ! blagues sans nom !
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.