poltronnerie
\pɔl.tʁɔ.nʁi\
The verdict
“poltronnerie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Lâcheté, manque de courage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poltronnerie · poltronnerie · French
poltronnerie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | poltronnerie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔl.tʁɔ.nʁi\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
poltronnerie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔl.tʁɔ.nʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for poltronnerie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 poltronnerie, spelled P-O-L-T-R-O-N-N-E-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Lâcheté, manque de courage.
- 2Action qui dénote la lâcheté, le défaut de courage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how poltronnerie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette bibliothèque, qu'avaient épargnée des Tartares, devait périr par l'incurie des autorités russes et la poltronnerie de quelques savans, qui envoyèrent à leur place un escadron de Cosaques, pour faire l'inventaire des livres.
À onze heures en été, à dix heures en hiver, on fermait ces portes à double tour. La ville, après avoir ainsi poussé les verrous comme une fille peureuse, dormait tranquille. Un gardien, qui habitait une logette placée dans un des angles intérieurs de chaque portail, avait charge d’ouvrir aux personnes attardées. Mais il fallait parlementer longtemps. Le…
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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.