feu vert
\fø vɛʁ\
The verdict
“feu vert” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Feu tricolore dont la couleur verte indique que le passage est autorisé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-feu-vert · feu vert · French
feu vert · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | feu vert |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fø vɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « feu vert » en français
Rare enough to double-check
feu vert is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fø vɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for feu vert in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is feu vert, spelled F-E-U- -V-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1Feu tricolore dont la couleur verte indique que le passage est autorisé.
- 2Permission, de commencer, d’entreprendre quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how feu vert appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Liane est morte un mois et demi avant ma mère, et je crois pouvoir dire sans me tromper que la mort de Liane, qui avait déjà perdu trois enfants, a donné à Lucile le feu vert qu’elle attendait pour mettre un terme à sa propre vie.
S’il vous a décrit l’usage qu’il voulait en faire, et que vous lui avez dit feu vert, vous êtes légalement obligé de garantir que le carrelage que vous leur vendez est conforme à cet usage.
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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.