rubis sur l’ongle
\ʁy.bi syʁ l‿ɔ̃ɡl\
The verdict
“rubis sur l’ongle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Complètement, cul sec.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rubis-sur-l-ongle · rubis sur l’ongle · French
rubis sur l’ongle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | rubis sur l’ongle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ʁy.bi syʁ l‿ɔ̃ɡl\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
rubis sur l’ongle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ʁy.bi syʁ l‿ɔ̃ɡl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for rubis sur l’ongle in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rubis sur l’ongle, spelled R-U-B-I-S- -S-U-R- -L-’-O-N-G-L-E.
Definition
- 1Complètement, cul sec.
- 2En temps et lieu, comptant, exactement et avec la dernière rigueur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rubis sur l’ongle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Faire rubis sur l’ongle, vider son verre jusqu’à la dernière goutte, de sorte que celle-ci puisse tenir sur l’ongle sans s’écouler ; finir jusqu’à la dernière goutte.
J’ai bu à votre santé rubis sur l’ongle.
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