rombière
\ʁɔ̃.bjɛʁ\
The verdict
“rombière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme mûre, expansive et joviale, sûre d’elle mais ennuyeuse et inutile, donnant son avis sur tout.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rombiere · rombière · French
rombière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | rombière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔ̃.bjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rombière » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rombière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɔ̃.bjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femme mûre, expansive et joviale, sûre d’elle mais ennuyeuse et inutile, donnant son avis sur tout.".
rombière has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rombière, spelled R-O-M-B-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Femme mûre, expansive et joviale, sûre d’elle mais ennuyeuse et inutile, donnant son avis sur tout.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rombière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[Une nièce de Mme de Guermantes] J’entendis le concierge d’un restaurant où j’allais quelquefois, dire sur son passage: « Regarde-moi cette vieille rombière, quelle touche ! Et ça a au moins quatre-vingts ans » […] On les aurait fait tordre en leur disant qu’elle était plus distinguée que l’une des deux caissières de l’hôtel, qui, rongée d’eczéma, ridicul…
Surtout qu’t’as dégoté une rombière qu’a plutôt de la bouteille, hein ?! Et puis faut qu’elle t’en foute plein la vue avec ses diam’s et son chauffeur, non, ça.
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.