feu rouge
\fø ʁuʒ\
The verdict
“feu rouge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lanterne de lumière rouge pour situer la position d'un navire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-feu-rouge · feu rouge · French
feu rouge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | feu rouge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fø ʁuʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
feu rouge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fø ʁuʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
feu rouge doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is feu rouge, spelled F-E-U- -R-O-U-G-E.
Definition
- 1Lanterne de lumière rouge pour situer la position d'un navire.
- 2Feu tricolore en phase rouge, imposant au conducteur d'immobiliser son véhicule.
- 3(Par métonymie) Durée de la phase rouge d'un feu de circulation.
- 4Interdiction.
- 5Arrêt, interruption.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how feu rouge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vers 1 heure du matin, je remarque que mon feu rouge de babord est éteint. Je descends le fanal dans le poste pour le rallumer, mais je ne me presse nullement, […].
Il s'arrête au feu rouge en ménageant soigneusement les freins.
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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.