poudre zombie
\pudʁ zɔ̃.bi\
The verdict
“poudre zombie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Composé chimique à base de scopolamine et d’atropine, qui, inhalé sous forme de poudre, provoque des pertes de volonté et de mémoire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poudre-zombie · poudre zombie · French
poudre zombie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | poudre zombie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pudʁ zɔ̃.bi\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « poudre zombie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
poudre zombie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pudʁ zɔ̃.bi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Composé chimique à base de scopolamine et d’atropine, qui, inhalé sous forme de poudre, provoque des pertes de volonté et de mémoire.".
poudre zombie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is poudre zombie, spelled P-O-U-D-R-E- -Z-O-M-B-I-E.
Definition
- 1Composé chimique à base de scopolamine et d’atropine, qui, inhalé sous forme de poudre, provoque des pertes de volonté et de mémoire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how poudre zombie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Souffle du diable » ou « souffle du dragon », « poudre zombie » ou encore « baiser du sommeil »… Autant de noms mystiques qui évoquent tous la même drogue : un mélange d’atropine et de scopolamine qui, à forte dose, « provoque d’intenses hallucinations délirantes, une perte de contrôle, une amnésie, des crises d’épilepsie et une dépression respiratoire…
Le bronzé dit : – La poudre zombie.
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.