passer à table

\pa.se.ʁ‿a tabl\

/\pa.se.ʁ‿a tabl\/ verb

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’installer à une table pour manger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-passer-a-table · passer à table · French

passer à table · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for passer à table
PropertyValue
Headwordpasser à table
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pa.se.ʁ‿a tabl\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « passer à table » en français

passer à tablereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

passer à table is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pa.se.ʁ‿a tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for passer à table in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is passer à table, spelled P-A-S-S-E-R- -À- -T-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    S’installer à une table pour manger.
  2. 2
    Révéler quelque chose de caché, d’illégal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how passer à table appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 2 mai 43 – La tante émerge des cuisines, très fébrile et dit qu’on peut « passer » à table. On y passera, passera, à la queue leu leu.
  2. Surprise : la jeune femme était en possession d’une forte somme d’argent et d’une quantité importante de préservatifs… Acculée par cette découverte, la ressortissante ukrainienne passait à table en garde à vue et admettait faire partie d’un tentaculaire réseau de prostitution, dirigé depuis Nîmes, et actif sur l’ensemble du territoire.

Synonyms

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 "passer à table"?
"passer à table" is spelled P-A-S-S-E-R- -À- -T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.se.ʁ‿a tabl\.
What does "passer à table" mean?
As a verb, "passer à table" means: S’installer à une table pour manger.
How do you pronounce "passer à table"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "passer à table" is \pa.se.ʁ‿a tabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "passer à table" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list