quartanier
\kaʁ.ta.nje\
The verdict
“quartanier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sanglier de quatre ans.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quartanier · quartanier · French
quartanier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" 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 | quartanier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaʁ.ta.nje\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quartanier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quartanier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁ.ta.nje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sanglier de quatre ans.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for quartanier, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is quartanier, spelled Q-U-A-R-T-A-N-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Sanglier de quatre ans.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quartanier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En termes de chasse […] on donne le nom de ragot au mâle entre deux et trois ans ; à trois ans faits, il est sanglier ou sanglier à son tiers-an ; à quatre ans, on le nomme quartan ou quartanier ; à cinq ans, grand sanglier ; enfin à six ans, grand vieux sanglier.
N’oubliez jamais que dans le sanglier à son tiers an, et dans le quartanier, ces armes sont on ne peut plus meurtrières.
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.