larmier
\laʁ.mje\
The verdict
“larmier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie saillante en haut d’un édifice, d’un ouvrage de maçonnerie, destinée à écarter du mur les eaux pluviales en les faisant s’égoutter à distance convenable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-larmier · larmier · French
larmier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | larmier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \laʁ.mje\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « larmier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
larmier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \laʁ.mje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for larmier, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is larmier, spelled L-A-R-M-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Partie saillante en haut d’un édifice, d’un ouvrage de maçonnerie, destinée à écarter du mur les eaux pluviales en les faisant s’égoutter à distance convenable.
- 2Encoche pratiquée par exemple sous un appui de fenêtre, pour éviter que l’eau qui coule dessous suive l’appui jusqu’au mur.
- 3Angle interne de l’œil d’où s’écoulent les larmes.
- 4Glande située à l’angle interne de l’œil des cervidés.
- 5Soupirail.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how larmier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les cordons, consistant en chaînes horizontales isolées et peu profondes, font souvent office de larmiers.
Chaque section vivait une vie de rat, sans voir le ciel autrement que par le larmier, dans des pâtés de maisons percées, communiquant l’une avec l'autre par le dessous.
Synonyms
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.