faire la bombe
\fɛʁ la bɔ̃b\
The verdict
“faire la bombe” 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) - Faire la fête.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-la-bombe · faire la bombe · French
faire la bombe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 la bombe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ la bɔ̃b\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire la bombe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire la bombe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ la bɔ̃b\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire la fête.".
faire la bombe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 faire la bombe, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -L-A- -B-O-M-B-E.
Definition
- 1Faire la fête.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire la bombe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle fit la bombe à rouler dans les bars, à boire tout ce qu’on lui payait, à payer tout ce qu’on voulait, à rire comme on rit dans les bombes parce qu’elles sont un bonheur en voyage.
Je n'en veux pas à mon oncle, seulement je trouve drôle que mon conseil de famille, qui s'est toujours montré si sévère pour moi, soit composé précisément des parents qui ont le plus fait la bombe, à commencer par le plus noceur de tous, mon oncle Charlus, qui est mon subrogé tuteur, qui a eu autant de femmes que don Juan et qui à son âge ne dételle pas.
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.