faire la java
\fɛʁ la ʒa.va\
The verdict
“faire la java” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participer à une fête nocturne avec musique et alcools.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-la-java · faire la java · French
faire la java · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 java |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ la ʒa.va\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
faire la java is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ la ʒa.va\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for faire la java, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is faire la java, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -L-A- -J-A-V-A.
Definition
- 1Participer à une fête nocturne avec musique et alcools.
- 2Être très agité et très bruyant pendant la nuit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire la java appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand on fait la java, le sam'di à Broadway, Ça swingue comme à Meudon. On s'défonce, on y va : pas besoin d'beaujolais Quand on a du bourbon.
Je connaissais les uniformes que les Allemands, les Anglais et les Américains portaient le jour du débarquement en 1944, et je savais aussi que le soir précédant Pearl Harbour, tous les marins américains faisaient la java et étaient saouls ….
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.