prendre une brosse

\pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿yn bʁɔs\

/\pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿yn bʁɔs\/ verb

The verdict

“prendre une brosse” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - S’enivrer en buvant de l’alcool, brosser.

Key facts for prendre une brosse
PropertyValue
Headwordprendre une brosse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿yn bʁɔs\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “prendre une brosse” sits in French frequency

prendre une brosse falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for prendre une brosse is 18 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿yn bʁɔs\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "S’enivrer en buvant de l’alcool, brosser.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for prendre une brosse in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 une brosse, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -U-N-E- -B-R-O-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    S’enivrer en buvant de l’alcool, brosser.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prendre une brosse"?
"prendre une brosse" is spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -U-N-E- -B-R-O-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿yn bʁɔs\.
What does "prendre une brosse" mean?
As a verb, "prendre une brosse" means: S’enivrer en buvant de l’alcool, brosser.
How do you pronounce "prendre une brosse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prendre une brosse" is \pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿yn bʁɔs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prendre une brosse" come from?
"prendre une brosse" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “prendre une brosse”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -U-N-E- -B-R-O-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿yn bʁɔs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list