manger du bout des dents
\mɑ̃.ʒe dy bu dɛ dɑ̃\
The verdict
“manger du bout des dents” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manger sans appétit, distraitement, avec dégoût, dédain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-manger-du-bout-des-dents · manger du bout des dents · French
manger du bout des dents · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | manger du bout des dents |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \mɑ̃.ʒe dy bu dɛ dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « manger du bout des dents » en français
Rare enough to double-check
manger du bout des dents is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \mɑ̃.ʒe dy bu dɛ dɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Manger sans appétit, distraitement, avec dégoût, dédain.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for manger du bout des dents, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is manger du bout des dents, spelled M-A-N-G-E-R- -D-U- -B-O-U-T- -D-E-S- -D-E-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Manger sans appétit, distraitement, avec dégoût, dédain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how manger du bout des dents appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oreste, c’est-à-dire le jeune duc de Vallombreuse, car tel était son titre, ne mangea que du bout des dents et plus d’une fois oublia sur la table le verre que le laquais venait de remplir, tant il avait l’imagination préoccupée de la belle femme aperçue à la fenêtre.
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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.