félibre
\fe.libʁ\
The verdict
“félibre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poète ou prosateur qui écrit en occitan ou plus localement en auvergnat, gascon, languedocien, limousin ou provençal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-felibre · félibre · French
félibre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | félibre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fe.libʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
félibre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fe.libʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Poète ou prosateur qui écrit en occitan ou plus localement en auvergnat, gascon, languedocien, limousin ou provençal.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for félibre in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is félibre, spelled F-É-L-I-B-R-E.
Definition
- 1Poète ou prosateur qui écrit en occitan ou plus localement en auvergnat, gascon, languedocien, limousin ou provençal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how félibre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est à ces sentiments nettement latins et fédéralistes tout ensemble de l’École de Marseille qu’il faut rattacher la manifestation à laquelle se livrèrent quelques Félibres, qui, par une déclaration solennelle, publiée le 22 février 1892, se déclaraient partisans de l’autonomie et de la fédération des provinces françaises.
À ce titre, j’allai à Éguilles, où je rencontrai une félibre provençale très appréciée, Marie Gasquet.
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.