majolique
\ma.ʒɔ.lik\
The verdict
“majolique” 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) - Sorte d’ancienne faïence recouverte d’une glaçure stannifère originaire d’Italie ou d’Espagne
Corpus desk
Index FR-majolique · majolique · French
majolique · 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 "M" 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 | majolique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʒɔ.lik\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « majolique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
majolique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ʒɔ.lik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sorte d’ancienne faïence recouverte d’une glaçure stannifère originaire d’Italie ou d’Espagne".
majolique doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 majolique, spelled M-A-J-O-L-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte d’ancienne faïence recouverte d’une glaçure stannifère originaire d’Italie ou d’Espagne
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how majolique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Acheter de la majolique.
Entre les colonnes, devant chacune des baies cintrées qui ouvraient sur les magasins, il y avait de hautes plantes vertes, dans des vases de majolique.
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.