manger les pissenlits par la racine
\mɑ̃.ʒe lɛ pi.sɑ̃.li paʁ la ʁa.sin\
The verdict
“manger les pissenlits 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
- 35
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être mort et enterré.
Corpus desk
Index FR-manger-les-pissenlits-pa · manger les pissenlits par la racine · French
manger les pissenlits par la racine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 35 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 pissenlits par la racine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɑ̃.ʒe lɛ pi.sɑ̃.li paʁ la ʁa.sin\ |
| Letters | 35 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
manger les pissenlits par la racine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɑ̃.ʒe lɛ pi.sɑ̃.li paʁ la ʁa.sin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être mort et enterré.".
manger les pissenlits par la racine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is manger les pissenlits par la racine, spelled M-A-N-G-E-R- -L-E-S- -P-I-S-S-E-N-L-I-T-S- -P-A-R- -L-A- -R-A-C-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Être mort et enterré.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how manger les pissenlits par la racine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il pense à tous les types qui essaieront de vous faire la cour pendant qu’il cassera les cailloux. Ou qu’il mangera des pissenlits par la racine, dit Pinette.
Être mort, cela s’appelle manger des pissenlits par la racine.
Synonyms
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.