rat de bibliothèque
\ʁa də bi.bli.jɔ.tɛk\
The verdict
“rat de bibliothèque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui fréquente très souvent les bibliothèques ; personne qui passe son temps à lire et à compulser des ouvrages.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rat-de-bibliotheque · rat de bibliothèque · French
rat de bibliothèque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | rat de bibliothèque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa də bi.bli.jɔ.tɛk\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rat de bibliothèque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rat de bibliothèque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa də bi.bli.jɔ.tɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui fréquente très souvent les bibliothèques ; personne qui passe son temps à lire et à compulser des ouvrages.".
rat de bibliothèque doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rat de bibliothèque, spelled R-A-T- -D-E- -B-I-B-L-I-O-T-H-È-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Personne qui fréquente très souvent les bibliothèques ; personne qui passe son temps à lire et à compulser des ouvrages.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rat de bibliothèque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] Je pensais à Sénèque ; Mais c’est un vrai pédant, rat de bibliothèque, Qui croit qu’à l’éloquence il dresse un monument En entassant des mots, poussière sans ciment.
On constate ensuite que cet Otto Lidenbrock dissimule sous les apparences d’un rat de bibliothèque un formidable aventurier rompu à toutes les performances physiques et prêt à toutes les audaces.
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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.