prendre de la bouteille
\pʁɑ̃.dʁə də la bu.tɛj\
The verdict
“prendre de la bouteille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vieillir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-de-la-bouteille · prendre de la bouteille · French
prendre de la bouteille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 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 | prendre de la bouteille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃.dʁə də la bu.tɛj\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prendre de la bouteille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prendre de la bouteille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃.dʁə də la bu.tɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
prendre de la bouteille doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is prendre de la bouteille, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -D-E- -L-A- -B-O-U-T-E-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Vieillir.
- 2Acquérir de l’expérience.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prendre de la bouteille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plus tard, lorsque le chef-d'œuvre a pris de la bouteille, que les siècles ont passé sur lui, les défauts d'interprétation sont plus aisément acceptés.
Faudrait pas que les copains vieillissent, puisqu’ils ne savent pas vieillir. On peut prendre de la bouteille sans tourner vieille vache, la preuve moi. Sans me vanter.
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.