fendre l’armure
\fɑ̃.dʁə l‿aʁ.myʁ\
The verdict
“fendre l’armure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dévoiler ; montrer son côté humain, révéler ses faiblesses ; en particulier : laisser voir la personne privée cachée derrière le personnage public.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fendre-l-armure · fendre l’armure · French
fendre l’armure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | fendre l’armure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɑ̃.dʁə l‿aʁ.myʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fendre l’armure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fendre l’armure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɑ̃.dʁə l‿aʁ.myʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dévoiler ; montrer son côté humain, révéler ses faiblesses ; en particulier : laisser voir la personne privée cachée derrière le personnage public.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for fendre l’armure in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fendre l’armure, spelled F-E-N-D-R-E- -L-’-A-R-M-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Se dévoiler ; montrer son côté humain, révéler ses faiblesses ; en particulier : laisser voir la personne privée cachée derrière le personnage public.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fendre l’armure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aux alentours de 13 heures, mardi, à Carbonne (Haute-Garonne), sur le tout premier « blocus » installé par les agriculteurs français en colère, Jérôme Bayle a fendu brièvement l’armure.
La tactique ne suffit plus. Il faut fendre l’armure.
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.