partir en couille
\paʁ.ti.ʁ‿ɑ̃ kuj\
The verdict
“partir en couille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être compromis en parlant du développement d’une discussion, d’un projet, d’un processus, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-partir-en-couille · partir en couille · French
partir en couille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | partir en couille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \paʁ.ti.ʁ‿ɑ̃ kuj\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « partir en couille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
partir en couille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \paʁ.ti.ʁ‿ɑ̃ kuj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for partir en couille in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is partir en couille, spelled P-A-R-T-I-R- -E-N- -C-O-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Être compromis en parlant du développement d’une discussion, d’un projet, d’un processus, etc.
- 2Se livrer à n’importe quoi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how partir en couille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ça démarre sur l’air de la Sambre et Meuse, puis ça part petit à petit en couille… cacophonie dégueulasse qui fait sursauter Otto, lui fait fermer vivement la fenêtre, le rend encore malade pour deux heures.
Magic, c'est clair que çà part en couille… une cacophonie dégueulasse qui ne fait sursauter plus grand monde, malheureusement.
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.