remonter les bretelles
\ʁə.mɔ̃.te le bʁə.tɛl\
The verdict
“remonter les bretelles” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire de violents reproches.
Corpus desk
Index FR-remonter-les-bretelles · remonter les bretelles · French
remonter les bretelles · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | remonter les bretelles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.mɔ̃.te le bʁə.tɛl\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
remonter les bretelles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.mɔ̃.te le bʁə.tɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire de violents reproches.".
Zero misspellings are on record for remonter les bretelles in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is remonter les bretelles, spelled R-E-M-O-N-T-E-R- -L-E-S- -B-R-E-T-E-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Faire de violents reproches.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how remonter les bretelles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a encore fait une ânerie ; je vais lui remonter les bretelles.
[Le consul honoraire de Roumanie] s’est aussitôt fait remonter les bretelles en public par la ministre roumaine de la Culture, Corina Suteu, qui l’a rappelé aux "critères artistiques".
Synonyms
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.