ne pas baisser les bras

\nə pa bɛ.se le bʁɑ\

/\nə pa bɛ.se le bʁɑ\/ verb

The verdict

“ne pas baisser les bras” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
23
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ne pas renoncer à agir ; ne pas se décourager face aux difficultés.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ne-pas-baisser-les-bras · ne pas baisser les bras · French

ne pas baisser les bras · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 23 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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.

Key facts for ne pas baisser les bras
PropertyValue
Headwordne pas baisser les bras
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\nə pa bɛ.se le bʁɑ\
Letters23
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ne pas baisser les bras » en français

ne pas baisser les brassiège 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

ne pas baisser les bras is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \nə pa bɛ.se le bʁɑ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ne pas renoncer à agir ; ne pas se décourager face aux difficultés.".

ne pas baisser les bras has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ne pas baisser les bras, spelled N-E- -P-A-S- -B-A-I-S-S-E-R- -L-E-S- -B-R-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ne pas renoncer à agir ; ne pas se décourager face aux difficultés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ne pas baisser les bras appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. D’autres les rejoignent, sans savoir ce qui les attend. Et, quand Cabet arrive à son tour, il fonde avec les disciples qui n’ont pas baissé les bras la communauté de Nauvoo, une ville située dans l’Illinois.

Antonyms

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 "ne pas baisser les bras"?
"ne pas baisser les bras" is spelled N-E- -P-A-S- -B-A-I-S-S-E-R- -L-E-S- -B-R-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \nə pa bɛ.se le bʁɑ\.
What does "ne pas baisser les bras" mean?
As a verb, "ne pas baisser les bras" means: Ne pas renoncer à agir ; ne pas se décourager face aux difficultés.
How do you pronounce "ne pas baisser les bras"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ne pas baisser les bras" is \nə pa bɛ.se le bʁɑ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ne pas baisser les bras" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list