feu d’artifice
\fø d‿aʁ.ti.fis\
The verdict
“feu d’artifice” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Explosion en plein air d’une série de fusées colorées en vue d’un divertissement lumineux et sonore.
Corpus desk
Index FR-feu-d-artifice · feu d’artifice · French
feu d’artifice · 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 | feu d’artifice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fø d‿aʁ.ti.fis\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « feu d’artifice » en français
Rare enough to double-check
feu d’artifice is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fø d‿aʁ.ti.fis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for feu d’artifice in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is feu d’artifice, spelled F-E-U- -D-’-A-R-T-I-F-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Explosion en plein air d’une série de fusées colorées en vue d’un divertissement lumineux et sonore.
- 2Succession rapide d’éléments ou d’événements. On utilise aussi feu roulant dans un sens semblable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how feu d’artifice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durant le soir et la nuit du Nouvel An, cinq personnes ont trouvé la mort en Allemagne dans des accidents de feu d’artifice et de nombreuses personnes ont été blessées, certaines grièvement, notamment par des pétards illégaux.
Dans la soirée, sur la terrasse de l’ambassade, au milieu de la ville muette et hostile, on tira le feu d’artifice emporté de Tanger pour célébrer la signature du traité de protectorat.
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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.