laisser de marbre
\lɛ.se də maʁbʁ\
The verdict
“laisser de marbre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ne pas provoquer de réaction ; laisser indifférent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-laisser-de-marbre · laisser de marbre · French
laisser de marbre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | laisser de marbre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lɛ.se də maʁbʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « laisser de marbre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
laisser de marbre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \lɛ.se də maʁbʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ne pas provoquer de réaction ; laisser indifférent.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for laisser de marbre, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is laisser de marbre, spelled L-A-I-S-S-E-R- -D-E- -M-A-R-B-R-E.
Definition
- 1Ne pas provoquer de réaction ; laisser indifférent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laisser de marbre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On se sent en territoire familier jusqu’à ce qu’une référence populaire, dont je n’ai aucune idée, fasse réagir la salle en me laissant de marbre.
L’une de nos filles est enceinte et l’autre s’envole pour l’Australie. Pourquoi est-ce que suis la seule que tout ça ne laisse pas de marbre ?
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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.