rhume de cerveau

\ʁym də sɛʁ.vo\

/\ʁym də sɛʁ.vo\/ noun

The verdict

“rhume de cerveau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écoulement nasal et des éternuements répétés, et parfois une conjonctivite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rhume-de-cerveau · rhume de cerveau · French

rhume de cerveau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 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.

Key facts for rhume de cerveau
PropertyValue
Headwordrhume de cerveau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁym də sɛʁ.vo\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rhume de cerveau » en français

rhume de cerveaureste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

rhume de cerveau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁym də sɛʁ.vo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Écoulement nasal et des éternuements répétés, et parfois une conjonctivite.".

rhume de cerveau doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rhume de cerveau, spelled R-H-U-M-E- -D-E- -C-E-R-V-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Écoulement nasal et des éternuements répétés, et parfois une conjonctivite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how rhume de cerveau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bien que Paul eut une tête de plus que sa mère, elle le traitait toujours comme un marmot, lui demandant encore: « Tu n'as pas froid aux pieds, Poulet? » et, quand il se promenait devant le perron, après déjeuner, en fumant une cigarette, elle ouvrait la fenêtre pour lui crier: « Ne sors pas nu-tête, je t'en supplie, tu vas attraper un rhume de cerveau. »

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rhume de cerveau"?
"rhume de cerveau" is spelled R-H-U-M-E- -D-E- -C-E-R-V-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁym də sɛʁ.vo\.
What does "rhume de cerveau" mean?
As a noun, "rhume de cerveau" means: Écoulement nasal et des éternuements répétés, et parfois une conjonctivite.
How do you pronounce "rhume de cerveau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rhume de cerveau" is \ʁym də sɛʁ.vo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rhume de cerveau" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list