et des poussières
\e dɛ pu.sjɛʁ\
The verdict
“et des poussières” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - Indique qu’une quantité, une valeur, un montant est arrondi à la baisse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-et-des-poussieres · et des poussières · French
et des poussières · 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 | et des poussières |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \e dɛ pu.sjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « et des poussières » en français
Rare enough to double-check
et des poussières is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \e dɛ pu.sjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Indique qu’une quantité, une valeur, un montant est arrondi à la baisse.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for et des poussières, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is et des poussières, spelled E-T- -D-E-S- -P-O-U-S-S-I-È-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Indique qu’une quantité, une valeur, un montant est arrondi à la baisse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how et des poussières appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le père n'aurait que vingt-trois ans de plus que son fils ? L’état civil se trompe ! Ce ne sont pas deux décennies et des poussières qui les séparent, mais une époque, une ère, les Plamproz.
J'avais seize ans et des poussières. Je connaissais depuis deux ans l’immense pouvoir de l’immortalité des amants.
This word in other languages
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