peinture à l’huile
\pɛ̃.ty.ʁ‿a lɥil\
The verdict
“peinture à l’huile” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peinture constituée d'huile siccative et de pigments de couleur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peinture-a-l-huile · peinture à l’huile · French
peinture à l’huile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 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 | peinture à l’huile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛ̃.ty.ʁ‿a lɥil\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « peinture à l’huile » en français
Rare enough to double-check
peinture à l’huile is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛ̃.ty.ʁ‿a lɥil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Peinture constituée d'huile siccative et de pigments de couleur.".
Zero misspellings are on record for peinture à l’huile in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is peinture à l’huile, spelled P-E-I-N-T-U-R-E- -À- -L-’-H-U-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Peinture constituée d'huile siccative et de pigments de couleur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how peinture à l’huile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Logiquement, pensait-elle, il eût fallu aussi repeindre la cuisine et la salle de bains. Mais ces deux pièces ne pouvaient être traitées qu’à la peinture à l’huile et la dépense eût dépassé le chiffre qu’elle s’était fixée.
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.