passer l’arme à gauche
\pa.se l‿aʁ.m‿a ɡoʃ\
The verdict
“passer l’arme à gauche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mourir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-passer-l-arme-a-gauche · passer l’arme à gauche · French
passer l’arme à gauche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | passer l’arme à gauche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pa.se l‿aʁ.m‿a ɡoʃ\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « passer l’arme à gauche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
passer l’arme à gauche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pa.se l‿aʁ.m‿a ɡoʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mourir.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for passer l’arme à gauche, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is passer l’arme à gauche, spelled P-A-S-S-E-R- -L-’-A-R-M-E- -À- -G-A-U-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Mourir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how passer l’arme à gauche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous devriez, au lieu de faire le jeu de ce gringo (le gringo, c'était moi), lui faire passer l'arme à gauche et vous joindre à nous autres.
« Mourir pour mourir, se disait Angelo, j’aurai bien le temps d’avoir peur, comme il se doit au moment de passer l’arme à gauche. Actuellement, la peur n’est pas convenable. »
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.