s’envoyer en l’air

\s‿ɑ̃.vwa.je.ʁ‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\

/\s‿ɑ̃.vwa.je.ʁ‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“s’envoyer en l’air” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir un rapport sexuel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-s-envoyer-en-l-air · s’envoyer en l’air · French

s’envoyer en l’air · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" 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 s’envoyer en l’air
PropertyValue
Headwords’envoyer en l’air
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\s‿ɑ̃.vwa.je.ʁ‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « s’envoyer en l’air » en français

s’envoyer en l’airsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

s’envoyer en l’air is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿ɑ̃.vwa.je.ʁ‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for s’envoyer en l’air in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is s’envoyer en l’air, spelled S-’-E-N-V-O-Y-E-R- -E-N- -L-’-A-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir un rapport sexuel.
  2. 2
    Prendre l'avion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how s’envoyer en l’air appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bon, je ne suis pas de bois, il m’est arrivé à moi aussi de m’envoyer en l’air, mais ce sont des histoires qui m’ont plutôt laissé un mauvais arrière-goût.
  2. La sociologie américaine nous vient d'un monde où les jeunes, avant même l'invention de la pilule, avaient le droit de s'envoyer en l’air sur les banquettes arrière des voitures. Ils ne le faisaient cependant qu'en vitesse et avec un appel immodéré à la fellation. Sans être tout à fait puceaux, ils arrivaient pour l'essentiel vierges au mariage.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "s’envoyer en l’air"?
"s’envoyer en l’air" is spelled S-’-E-N-V-O-Y-E-R- -E-N- -L-’-A-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \s‿ɑ̃.vwa.je.ʁ‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\.
What does "s’envoyer en l’air" mean?
As a verb, "s’envoyer en l’air" means: Avoir un rapport sexuel.
How do you pronounce "s’envoyer en l’air"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "s’envoyer en l’air" is \s‿ɑ̃.vwa.je.ʁ‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list