les temps des temps

/\lɛ tɑ̃ dɛ tɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

19 characters

Language

French

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

les temps des temps is aFrenchnoun. It means: Passé immémorial, si ancien qu’on n’en sait pas l’origine. Pronounced \lɛ tɑ̃ dɛ tɑ̃\.

Key facts for les temps des temps
PropertyValue
Headwordles temps des temps
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɛ tɑ̃ dɛ tɑ̃\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

les temps des temps is not present in the top-100,000 ranked French corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for les temps des temps is 19 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɛ tɑ̃ dɛ tɑ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Passé immémorial, si ancien qu’on n’en sait pas l’origine.".

No misspelling variants are generated for les temps des temps 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 les temps des temps, spelled L-E-S- -T-E-M-P-S- -D-E-S- -T-E-M-P-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Passé immémorial, si ancien qu’on n’en sait pas l’origine.

Synonyms

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "les temps des temps"?
"les temps des temps" is spelled L-E-S- -T-E-M-P-S- -D-E-S- -T-E-M-P-S. The IPA pronunciation is \lɛ tɑ̃ dɛ tɑ̃\.
What does "les temps des temps" mean?
As a noun, "les temps des temps" means: Passé immémorial, si ancien qu’on n’en sait pas l’origine.
How do you pronounce "les temps des temps"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "les temps des temps" is \lɛ tɑ̃ dɛ tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "les temps des temps" come from?
"les temps des temps" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our French index:

Explore PlainSpell

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.