potiner
\pɔ.ti.ne\
The verdict
“potiner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Rapporter des potins, faire des commérages.
Corpus desk
Index FR-potiner · potiner · French
potiner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | potiner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɔ.ti.ne\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « potiner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
potiner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pɔ.ti.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rapporter des potins, faire des commérages.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for potiner in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is potiner, spelled P-O-T-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Rapporter des potins, faire des commérages.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how potiner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je la mis au courant, je potinai, presque brillamment, lui disant tout le bien que je pense des illustres sociétaires, l’amusant par des tas de détails, etc.
Marie continue de potiner. Soudain, il n’y tient plus. Comme une bouffée de chaleur, l’amour passé lui remonte au cerveau. Il approche son bon mufle de l’oreille de sa voisine et il lui murmure de sa belle voix de contre-basse : — Me voici, merci !
This word in other languages
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.