lever les fourches
\lə.ve le fuʁʃ\
The verdict
“lever les fourches” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mourir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lever-les-fourches · lever les fourches · French
lever les fourches · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 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 les fourches |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lə.ve le fuʁʃ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lever les fourches » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lever les fourches is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \lə.ve le fuʁʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mourir.".
No misspelling variants are generated for lever les fourches in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lever les fourches, spelled L-E-V-E-R- -L-E-S- -F-O-U-R-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Mourir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lever les fourches appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Façon de parler car Dominique Tedeschi « n’a pas levé les fourches » ce jour-là et est passé à travers les balles tout au long de ses années de Résistance.
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.