nacaire
\na.kɛʁ\
The verdict
“nacaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien instrument de musique militaire d'origine indienne, importé d'Orient durant les croisades, et similaire à une paire de timbales. → voir nagara
Corpus desk
Index FR-nacaire · nacaire · French
nacaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | nacaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \na.kɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nacaire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nacaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \na.kɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancien instrument de musique militaire d'origine indienne, importé d'Orient durant les croisades, et similaire à une paire de timbales. → voir nagara".
nacaire has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is nacaire, spelled N-A-C-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Ancien instrument de musique militaire d'origine indienne, importé d'Orient durant les croisades, et similaire à une paire de timbales. → voir nagara
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nacaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sa relation fut ici brusquement interrompue par le signal de l’assaut, qui fut donné par la sonnerie d'un clairon strident, à laquelle répondit immédiatement une fanfare des trompettes normandes venue des créneaux qui, mêlée au crépitement des nacaires (sortes de timbales), renvoyèrent une musique de bravade au défi de l’ennemi.
Et sembloit que foudre cheist [tombât] des ciex au bruit que les nacaires, les tabours et les cors sarrazinois menoient.
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.