limonaire
\li.mɔ.nɛʁ\
The verdict
“limonaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gros orgue de Barbarie, souvent motorisé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-limonaire · limonaire · French
limonaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | limonaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.mɔ.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « limonaire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
limonaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.mɔ.nɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gros orgue de Barbarie, souvent motorisé.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for limonaire, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is limonaire, spelled L-I-M-O-N-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Gros orgue de Barbarie, souvent motorisé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how limonaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais voilà qu’ tout au bout d’ la rue Est arrivé un limonaire Avec un vieil air du tonnerre À vous fair’ chialer tant et plus.
Nous passons vite au large d'un manège de chevaux de bois à l’ancienne dont le limonaire me vrille les oreilles.
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.