lire en diagonale
\li.ʁ‿ɑ̃ dja.ɡɔ.nal\
The verdict
“lire en diagonale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Survoler un texte ; le lire très rapidement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lire-en-diagonale · lire en diagonale · French
lire en diagonale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | lire en diagonale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \li.ʁ‿ɑ̃ dja.ɡɔ.nal\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lire en diagonale » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lire en diagonale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \li.ʁ‿ɑ̃ dja.ɡɔ.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Survoler un texte ; le lire très rapidement.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lire en diagonale, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is lire en diagonale, spelled L-I-R-E- -E-N- -D-I-A-G-O-N-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Survoler un texte ; le lire très rapidement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lire en diagonale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Resté seul, il lut en diagonale la presse qu'on venait d'apporter. Laugel, naturellement, y tenait la vedette. On décrivait l'importance du dispositif mis en œuvre pour rattraper le fugitif, l'émotion de toute une région qui, etc.
This word in other languages
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.