farineux
\fa.ʁi.nø\
The verdict
“farineux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui tient de la nature de la farine, qui en a la texture ou le goût.
Corpus desk
Index FR-farineux · farineux · French
farineux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | farineux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fa.ʁi.nø\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « farineux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
farineux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fa.ʁi.nø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
farineux has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is farineux, spelled F-A-R-I-N-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui tient de la nature de la farine, qui en a la texture ou le goût.
- 2Qui est blanc de farine.
- 3Se dit de certaines choses que recouvre ou dont il sort une espèce de poussière blanche semblable à de la farine.
- 4D'un blanc flou qui rappelle la couleur et la texture de la farine.
- 5…
- 6…
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how farineux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les pois, les haricots, les fèves, le riz, le maïs, etc., sont des substances farineuses.
Ces pommes de terre sont très farineuses.
This word in other languages
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.