lignite piciforme
\li.ɲit pi.si.fɔʁm\
The verdict
“lignite piciforme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans la classification de la houille, variété de lignite d'un noir luisant, à cassure conchoïdale, non stratifiée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lignite-piciforme · lignite piciforme · French
lignite piciforme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | lignite piciforme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.ɲit pi.si.fɔʁm\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lignite piciforme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lignite piciforme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.ɲit pi.si.fɔʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans la classification de la houille, variété de lignite d'un noir luisant, à cassure conchoïdale, non stratifiée.".
lignite piciforme has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 lignite piciforme, spelled L-I-G-N-I-T-E- -P-I-C-I-F-O-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1Dans la classification de la houille, variété de lignite d'un noir luisant, à cassure conchoïdale, non stratifiée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lignite piciforme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ainsi que l'indique son nom, le lignite piciforme a l'aspect noir et luisant de la poix, et se présente en masses compactes, qui donnent en se cassant des surfaces conchoïdes ; quelquefois il se divise en feuillets ou en fragments parallélipipèdes, qu'il devient alors fort difficile de distinguer de quelques variétés de houille; quelquefois encore, mais b…
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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.