être aux oiseaux

\ɛ.tʁ‿o zwa.zo\

/\ɛ.tʁ‿o zwa.zo\/ verb

The verdict

“être aux oiseaux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Être tellement joyeux qu’on en paraît extasié.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etre-aux-oiseaux · être aux oiseaux · French

être aux oiseaux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-9 9 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Ê" 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.

Key facts for être aux oiseaux
PropertyValue
Headwordêtre aux oiseaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ.tʁ‿o zwa.zo\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « être aux oiseaux » en français

être aux oiseauxreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

être aux oiseaux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ.tʁ‿o zwa.zo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être tellement joyeux qu’on en paraît extasié.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for être aux oiseaux in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is être aux oiseaux, spelled Ê-T-R-E- -A-U-X- -O-I-S-E-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être tellement joyeux qu’on en paraît extasié.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "être aux oiseaux"?
"être aux oiseaux" is spelled Ê-T-R-E- -A-U-X- -O-I-S-E-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.tʁ‿o zwa.zo\.
What does "être aux oiseaux" mean?
As a verb, "être aux oiseaux" means: Être tellement joyeux qu’on en paraît extasié.
How do you pronounce "être aux oiseaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "être aux oiseaux" is \ɛ.tʁ‿o zwa.zo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "être aux oiseaux" come from?
"être aux oiseaux" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list