pétarou
\pe.ta.ʁu\
The verdict
“pétarou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marchand de fruits corrézien. Marchand de légumes et de primeurs du Bas-Limousin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petarou · pétarou · French
pétarou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | pétarou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.ta.ʁu\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pétarou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pétarou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.ta.ʁu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pétarou in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pétarou, spelled P-É-T-A-R-O-U.
Definition
- 1Marchand de fruits corrézien. Marchand de légumes et de primeurs du Bas-Limousin.
- 2Autre nom du claquet, calice du silène.
- 3Petit champignon sauvage, de forme sphérique, de la grosseur d’un œuf, qui affleure à la lisière des bois obscurs par temps d’orage. Il suffit de marcher dessus pour qu’il éclate aussitôt en une légère fumée et disparaisse sans trace.
- 4Vélomoteur, moto qui fait du bruit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pétarou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À ce moment, les pétarous, ainsi qu’on appelle ces marchands de fruits des environs de Brive et d’Objat, commençaient à repartir, ayant vidé les bastes de leurs mulets, et rempli de gros sous leurs bourses de cuir.
Autrefois ces jeux n’étaient pas toujours innocents, voilà ce que les garçons faisaient dire aux fleurs : « Quand il fait claquer un Pétarou sur le front d’une jeune fille, c’est qu’il l’a choisie, qu’il l’aime… »
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.