marc de café
\maʁ də ka.fe\
The verdict
“marc de café” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Résidu de l’infusion du café, et par extension d’autres produits.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marc-de-cafe · marc de café · French
marc de café · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | marc de café |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maʁ də ka.fe\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « marc de café » en français
Rare enough to double-check
marc de café is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʁ də ka.fe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
marc de café doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is marc de café, spelled M-A-R-C- -D-E- -C-A-F-É.
Definition
- 1Résidu de l’infusion du café, et par extension d’autres produits.
- 2Résidu de café, riche en azote, utilisé comme amendement ou répulsif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marc de café appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Maxime. — Comment, Mademoiselle, vous avez étudié l’amour ? Victoire. — Dame ! comme tout le monde. Maxime. — Dans Descartes ? Victoire. — Non !… Dans du marc de café ! Maxime. — Je crois, Mademoiselle, que vous vous méprenez !
Il ne comprenait pas pourquoi il avait confié sa main à cette apparition du diable, lui qui n’avait jamais voulu qu’on lise dans les lignes de sa main, qu’on lui tire les cartes ou qu’on prédise son avenir de quelque manière que ce soit, boule de cristal ou marc de café.
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.