ramure
\ʁa.myʁ\
The verdict
“ramure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des branches d’un arbre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ramure · ramure · French
ramure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | ramure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.myʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ramure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ramure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.myʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ramure, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ramure, spelled R-A-M-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des branches d’un arbre.
- 2Bois d’un cervidé.
- 3Meuble représentant les bois d’un cervidé dans les armoiries. Elle est représentée par deux demi-ramures posées en chevron renversé, éventuellement liées mais sans crâne sinon on parle de massacre.
- 4Ramage, motif de rameaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ramure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Après dix minutes de reptation sous les ramures, ils arrivèrent au bord d’une petite rivière, et là, à la lueur des torches de fer à la pointe desquelles brûlaient des résines, ils aperçurent un monceau de bois empilé.
L’eau frangeait les ramures, alourdissait les fils d’araignée, imbibait les écorces gluantes, et des feuilles tombaient, çà et là, en tournant, dans le tranquille égouttement, dans le grand calme profond.
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.