péter de la broue
\pe.te d‿la bʁu\
The verdict
“péter de la broue” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire de l’esbroufe, se vanter, essayer d’en imposer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peter-de-la-broue · péter de la broue · French
péter de la broue · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | péter de la broue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pe.te d‿la bʁu\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « péter de la broue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
péter de la broue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pe.te d‿la bʁu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire de l’esbroufe, se vanter, essayer d’en imposer.".
No misspelling variants are generated for péter de la broue in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 péter de la broue, spelled P-É-T-E-R- -D-E- -L-A- -B-R-O-U-E.
Definition
- 1Faire de l’esbroufe, se vanter, essayer d’en imposer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how péter de la broue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mon père avait une expression, il disait: il ne pète pas de la broue! Jean Lapointe était un gars simple.
Arrête donc de péter de la broue !
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.