oindre
\wɛ̃dʁ\
The verdict
“oindre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frotter d’huile ou de quelque matière grasse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oindre · oindre · French
oindre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | oindre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \wɛ̃dʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oindre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oindre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \wɛ̃dʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for oindre, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is oindre, spelled O-I-N-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Frotter d’huile ou de quelque matière grasse.
- 2Consacrer avec les huiles saintes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oindre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quant à la couleur naturelle du corps de ce chef Béchuana, on ne pouvait la reconnaître sous l’épaisse couche d’ocre qui l’oignait des pieds à la tête.
Naïvement, il avait commencé par penser que c’étaient là des gens qui s’étaient blessés en faisant du cheval et maintenant, clopinant, réclamaient à grands cris qu’on les oignît d’âme ; mais il dut reconnaître peu à peu que cet appel réitéré qui lui avait paru d’abord si comique trouvait partout de vastes échos ; la science commençait à se démoder, et le…
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.