piquer un roupillon

\pi.ke œ̃ ʁu.pi.jɔ̃\

/\pi.ke œ̃ ʁu.pi.jɔ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“piquer un roupillon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire un somme, une sieste.

Corpus desk

Index FR-piquer-un-roupillon · piquer un roupillon · French

piquer un roupillon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 19 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.

Key facts for piquer un roupillon
PropertyValue
Headwordpiquer un roupillon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pi.ke œ̃ ʁu.pi.jɔ̃\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « piquer un roupillon » en français

piquer un roupillonsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

piquer un roupillon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pi.ke œ̃ ʁu.pi.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire un somme, une sieste.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for piquer un roupillon in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is piquer un roupillon, spelled P-I-Q-U-E-R- -U-N- -R-O-U-P-I-L-L-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire un somme, une sieste.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how piquer un roupillon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tous les après-midis, je piquais un roupillon car souvent, la nuit, je veillais un peu trop.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "piquer un roupillon"?
"piquer un roupillon" is spelled P-I-Q-U-E-R- -U-N- -R-O-U-P-I-L-L-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.ke œ̃ ʁu.pi.jɔ̃\.
What does "piquer un roupillon" mean?
As a verb, "piquer un roupillon" means: Faire un somme, une sieste.
How do you pronounce "piquer un roupillon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piquer un roupillon" is \pi.ke œ̃ ʁu.pi.jɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list