lancer du disque
\lɑ̃.se dy disk\
The verdict
“lancer du disque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Épreuve d’athlétisme qui consiste à lancer un disque en acier le plus loin possible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lancer-du-disque · lancer du disque · French
lancer du disque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 | lancer du disque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃.se dy disk\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lancer du disque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lancer du disque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɑ̃.se dy disk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Épreuve d’athlétisme qui consiste à lancer un disque en acier le plus loin possible.".
Zero misspellings are on record for lancer du disque in our index, 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's etymology isn't recorded, 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 lancer du disque, spelled L-A-N-C-E-R- -D-U- -D-I-S-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Épreuve d’athlétisme qui consiste à lancer un disque en acier le plus loin possible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lancer du disque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le lancer de disque sollicite fortement les muscles du bas du corps, les rotateurs du torse et le gainage, qui doivent transmettre toute leur puissance au bras par l’intermédiaire de l’épaule et du grand pectoral.
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.