mettre hors service

\mɛtʁ ɔʁ sɛʁ.vis\

/\mɛtʁ ɔʁ sɛʁ.vis\/ verb

The verdict

“mettre hors service” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’arrêter l’exploitation ou l’utilisation d'un équipement ou de toute installation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mettre-hors-service · mettre hors service · French

mettre hors service · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 19 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for mettre hors service
PropertyValue
Headwordmettre hors service
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɛtʁ ɔʁ sɛʁ.vis\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mettre hors service » en français

mettre hors servicesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mettre hors service is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛtʁ ɔʁ sɛʁ.vis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’arrêter l’exploitation ou l’utilisation d'un équipement ou de toute installation.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for mettre hors service in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mettre hors service, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -H-O-R-S- -S-E-R-V-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’arrêter l’exploitation ou l’utilisation d'un équipement ou de toute installation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how mettre hors service appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mais selon Berne, l’armée n’a besoin d’avoir en stock que 71 de ces vieux chars. « Pour les 25 unités restantes, aucune affectation n’est prévue; elles pourront donc être mises hors service et être revendues sans que cela se fasse au détriment de l’armée », écrit le gouvernement.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mettre hors service"?
"mettre hors service" is spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -H-O-R-S- -S-E-R-V-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛtʁ ɔʁ sɛʁ.vis\.
What does "mettre hors service" mean?
As a verb, "mettre hors service" means: Action d’arrêter l’exploitation ou l’utilisation d'un équipement ou de toute installation.
How do you pronounce "mettre hors service"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mettre hors service" is \mɛtʁ ɔʁ sɛʁ.vis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mettre hors service" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list