languir

/\lɑ̃.ɡiʁ\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#52,786

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

languir is aFrenchverb. It means: Être dans un état de langueur. Pronounced \lɑ̃.ɡiʁ\.

Key facts for languir
PropertyValue
Headwordlanguir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\lɑ̃.ɡiʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,786
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of languir in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for languir is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɑ̃.ɡiʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #52,786 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for languir in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is languir, spelled L-A-N-G-U-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être dans un état de langueur.
  2. 2
    Végéter faiblement ; ne donner que peu de fruits, en parlant des végétaux.
  3. 3
    Être en état d’engourdissement, en parlant de la nature.
  4. 4
    Manquer de force, de chaleur, de vivacité, en parlant des ouvrages d’esprit.
  5. 5
    Être en état atone, en parlant des affaires.
  6. 6
    Traîner en longueur ; ne pas connaître de conclusion.
  7. 7
    Souffrir de la continuité, de la durée d’un supplice, d’un châtiment, d’un besoin, d’un mal physique autre que la maladie.
  8. 8
    Être en état de tourment, en parlant des peines de l’esprit et de l’âme.
  9. 9
    Éprouver du chagrin de l’absence de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose. Ressentir cruellement l’absence.
  10. 10
    Attendre longtemps.
  11. 11
    Attendre avec impatience quelque chose que l’on veut vraiment
  12. 12
    Être impatient de voir quelqu’un ou d’obtenir quelque chose.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #52,786 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "languir"?
"languir" is spelled L-A-N-G-U-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \lɑ̃.ɡiʁ\.
What does "languir" mean?
As a verb, "languir" means: Être dans un état de langueur.
How do you pronounce "languir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "languir" is \lɑ̃.ɡiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "languir" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.