feuille d’or
\fœj dɔʁ\
The verdict
“feuille d’or” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Feuille très mince de ce métal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-feuille-d-or · feuille d’or · French
feuille d’or · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | feuille d’or |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fœj dɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « feuille d’or » en français
Rare enough to double-check
feuille d’or is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fœj dɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for feuille d’or in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 feuille d’or, spelled F-E-U-I-L-L-E- -D-’-O-R.
Definition
- 1Feuille très mince de ce métal.
- 2Feuille très mince de ce métal.
- 3Feuille très mince de ce métal.
- 4Feuille très mince de ce métal.
- 5Meuble d’une armoirie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how feuille d’or appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le bandeau supérieur est formé d’une feuille d’or mince repoussée et soudée par les extrémités sur une seconde feuille plus épaisse.
Cet art consiste en général à faire adhérer une couche, une lame ou une feuille d’or plus ou moins mince à la surface de plusieurs corps.
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.