prendre son temps
\pʁɑ̃.dʁə sɔ̃ tɑ̃\
The verdict
“prendre son temps” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire une chose à loisir, ne pas se presser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-son-temps · prendre son temps · French
prendre son temps · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 son temps |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃.dʁə sɔ̃ tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prendre son temps » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prendre son temps is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃.dʁə sɔ̃ tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
prendre son temps has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 prendre son temps, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -S-O-N- -T-E-M-P-S.
Definition
- 1Faire une chose à loisir, ne pas se presser.
- 2Attendre, aussi longtemps que nécessaire, le moment favorable pour faire réussir quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prendre son temps appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Prends ton temps, rien ne presse.
Le soir on rapportera cinquante kilos de pain, alors on peut bien se poser un moment et laisser passer le temps, mieux, prendre son temps, quelque chose que l’on ne connaît pas ici.
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.