fulminer
\fyl.mi.ne\
The verdict
“fulminer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Faire explosion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fulminer · fulminer · French
fulminer · 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 | fulminer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fyl.mi.ne\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fulminer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fulminer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fyl.mi.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fulminer, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fulminer, spelled F-U-L-M-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire explosion.
- 2Invectiver quelqu’un, le menacer, être furieux.
- 3Publier (une condamnation, une excommunication) dans les formes requises.
- 4(Animisme) En parlant d'un édit papal, établir avec autorité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fulminer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette composition, cette poudre fulmine au moindre choc. La moindre pression la fait fulminer.
[…], il saisit dans ses bras la jeune fille […], et l’emporta hors de la chambre malgré ses lamentations, et sans avoir égard aux menaces et au défi qu’Ivanhoé fulminait contre lui.
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.