lever le coude
\lə.ve lə kud\
The verdict
“lever le coude” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’adonner à la beuverie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lever-le-coude · lever le coude · French
lever le coude · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | lever le coude |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lə.ve lə kud\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
lever le coude is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \lə.ve lə kud\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "S’adonner à la beuverie.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for lever le coude in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is lever le coude, spelled L-E-V-E-R- -L-E- -C-O-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1S’adonner à la beuverie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lever le coude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
N’étiez-vous pas plutôt un peu dans les brindezingues, ce jour-là ? car vous aimez à lever le coude, mon vieux, disait familièrement un des deux gardes.
un mot que répétait le cocher de sa mère : Quand on a levé le coude, il faut regarder entre les oreilles de son cheval, et faire comme fait le voisin.
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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.