peau de zébi
\po.dze.bi\
The verdict
“peau de zébi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rien du tout.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peau-de-zebi · peau de zébi · French
peau de zébi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | peau de zébi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | \po.dze.bi\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « peau de zébi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
peau de zébi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed \po.dze.bi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rien du tout.".
peau de zébi doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is peau de zébi, spelled P-E-A-U- -D-E- -Z-É-B-I.
Definition
- 1Rien du tout.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how peau de zébi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À Biribi c’est là qu’on marche, Faut pas flancher ; Quand l’chaouch crie : « En avant marche ! » I’ faut marcher, Et quand on veut fair’ des épates, C’est peau d’zébi : On vous fout les fers aux quat’ pattes, À Biribi.
Vraiment ? Eh bien ! pour lui il y a peau de zébi. Cela va-t-il ?
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