lutte contre l’incendie

\lyt kɔ̃tʁ l‿ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di\

/\lyt kɔ̃tʁ l‿ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di\/ noun

The verdict

“lutte contre l’incendie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
23
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Atténuation ou extinction d’un feu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lutte-contre-l-incendie · lutte contre l’incendie · French

lutte contre l’incendie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 23 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.

Key facts for lutte contre l’incendie
PropertyValue
Headwordlutte contre l’incendie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lyt kɔ̃tʁ l‿ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di\
Letters23
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « lutte contre l’incendie » en français

lutte contre l’incendiereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lutte contre l’incendie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lyt kɔ̃tʁ l‿ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for lutte contre l’incendie in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 lutte contre l’incendie, spelled L-U-T-T-E- -C-O-N-T-R-E- -L-’-I-N-C-E-N-D-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Atténuation ou extinction d’un feu.
  2. 2
    Profession ou activité de sapeur-pompier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how lutte contre l’incendie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. À cette occasion, le président a réitéré l’offre qu’il avait déjà formulée jeudi soir d’envoyer des ressources « aussi importantes que possible » pour assister les efforts de lutte contre l’incendie, a précisé M. Rhodes.
  2. Le contrôle de l’incendie « est désormais plus proche », selon l’Office national des forêts (Conaf), l’organisme officiel qui coordonne les opérations de lutte contre l’incendie.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lutte contre l’incendie"?
"lutte contre l’incendie" is spelled L-U-T-T-E- -C-O-N-T-R-E- -L-’-I-N-C-E-N-D-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lyt kɔ̃tʁ l‿ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di\.
What does "lutte contre l’incendie" mean?
As a noun, "lutte contre l’incendie" means: Atténuation ou extinction d’un feu.
How do you pronounce "lutte contre l’incendie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lutte contre l’incendie" is \lyt kɔ̃tʁ l‿ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list