porter sur les fonts baptismaux
The verdict
“porter sur les fonts baptismaux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 31
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tenir (un bébé, un enfant) au-dessus des fonts pour baptiser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-porter-sur-les-fonts-bap · porter sur les fonts baptismaux · French
porter sur les fonts baptismaux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 31 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | porter sur les fonts baptismaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 31 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « porter sur les fonts baptismaux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
porter sur les fonts baptismaux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for porter sur les fonts baptismaux in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is porter sur les fonts baptismaux, spelled P-O-R-T-E-R- -S-U-R- -L-E-S- -F-O-N-T-S- -B-A-P-T-I-S-M-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Tenir (un bébé, un enfant) au-dessus des fonts pour baptiser.
- 2Être à l'origine de ; provoquer l’avènement de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how porter sur les fonts baptismaux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur la gauche de l'autel, Henri de Poitiers portait sur les fonts baptismaux la dernière fille du bailli Philibert le Sourd. – L'Église de Dieu t'accueille avec joie, Cécile. En son nom, je te marque de la croix, le signe du Christ, Notre Sauveur.
Militant du mouvement socialiste naissant, Camélinat adhère, dès sa fondation, à l’Association internationale des travailleurs (AIT) ; il sera d’ailleurs délégué aux premiers congrès de cette Internationale portée sur les fonts baptismaux par Karl Marx.
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.