faire de l’eau
\fɛʁ də l‿o\
The verdict
“faire de l’eau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Uriner, pisser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-de-l-eau · faire de l’eau · French
faire de l’eau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | faire de l’eau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ də l‿o\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire de l’eau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire de l’eau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ də l‿o\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for faire de l’eau in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is faire de l’eau, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -D-E- -L-’-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Uriner, pisser.
- 2Accoster et s’approvisionner en eau douce.
- 3Remettre de l'eau dans le tender ou la soute à eau d'une locomotive.
- 4Faire eau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire de l’eau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aucun visage humain, qu’au rebord d’un fossé le derrière d’un marmot, qui se donnait de l’air et qui faisait de l’eau.
Un jour que nous descendîmes dans une île pour faire de l’eau et prendre quelque rafraîchissement, je ne sais par quelle méprise je mis à la voile sans prendre garde qu’il ne s’était pas rembarqué avec les autres.
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.