jeter le gant
The verdict
“jeter le gant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Défier quelqu’un au combat.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jeter-le-gant · jeter le gant · French
jeter le gant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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 | jeter le gant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jeter le gant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jeter le gant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for jeter le gant in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is jeter le gant, spelled J-E-T-E-R- -L-E- -G-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Défier quelqu’un au combat.
- 2Abandonner après avoir essayé de toutes ses forces de résoudre un problème ardu (et laisser le défi à qui voudra le relever).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jeter le gant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il évoque un guerrier dans son armure, farouche, prêt à jeter le gant à l'adversaire sarrasin.
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.