hausser le coude
^((h aspiré))\o.se lə kud\
The verdict
“hausser le coude” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’adonner à la beuverie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hausser-le-coude · hausser le coude · French
hausser le coude · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | hausser le coude |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\o.se lə kud\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hausser le coude » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hausser le coude is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\o.se lə kud\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "S’adonner à la beuverie.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hausser le coude, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is hausser le coude, spelled H-A-U-S-S-E-R- -L-E- -C-O-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1S’adonner à la beuverie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hausser le coude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ayant toujours aimé hausser le coude, il en but une seconde, puis une troisième, puis une foule d’autres avec ses bons amis les Fresnois.
Synonyms
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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.