gomme-laque
\ɡɔm lak\
The verdict
“gomme-laque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laque provenant de la sécrétion d’une cochenille et ayant divers usages dans l’industrie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gomme-laque · gomme-laque · French
gomme-laque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | gomme-laque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡɔm lak\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gomme-laque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɔm lak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Laque provenant de la sécrétion d’une cochenille et ayant divers usages dans l’industrie.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for gomme-laque in our 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gomme-laque, spelled G-O-M-M-E---L-A-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Laque provenant de la sécrétion d’une cochenille et ayant divers usages dans l’industrie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gomme-laque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La durée du microsillon de gomme-laque (3 minutes) a imposé à la musique moderne sa brièveté harassante.
Synonyms
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.