manger les barabans par la racine
\mɑ̃.ʒe le ba.ʁa.bɑ̃ paʁ la ʁa.sin\
The verdict
“manger les barabans par la racine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 33
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mourir, décéder, passer l’arme à gauche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-manger-les-barabans-par- · manger les barabans par la racine · French
manger les barabans par la racine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 33 letters
- VOW-11 11 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 les barabans par la racine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɑ̃.ʒe le ba.ʁa.bɑ̃ paʁ la ʁa.sin\ |
| Letters | 33 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
manger les barabans par la racine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɑ̃.ʒe le ba.ʁa.bɑ̃ paʁ la ʁa.sin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mourir, décéder, passer l’arme à gauche.".
No misspelling variants are generated for manger les barabans par la racine in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is manger les barabans par la racine, spelled M-A-N-G-E-R- -L-E-S- -B-A-R-A-B-A-N-S- -P-A-R- -L-A- -R-A-C-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Mourir, décéder, passer l’arme à gauche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how manger les barabans par la racine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
T’es-t-y pas vilain avec ta p’tite gueule d’ange, soupirant-elle soudain. T’es un engueuseur, toi ! Et mon chéri le Baptistou, ça fait déjà bi’n longtemps qui y mange les barabans par la racine.
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.