se péter les bretelles
\sə pe.te lɛ bʁə.tɛl\
The verdict
“se péter 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) - Être fier de soi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-peter-les-bretelles · se péter les bretelles · French
se péter 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 "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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | se péter les bretelles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə pe.te lɛ bʁə.tɛl\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
se péter les bretelles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə pe.te lɛ bʁə.tɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for se péter les bretelles in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is se péter les bretelles, spelled S-E- -P-É-T-E-R- -L-E-S- -B-R-E-T-E-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Être fier de soi.
- 2Se vanter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se péter les bretelles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand il défait l’adversaire, il se pète les bretelles.
Il n’y a pas de quoi se péter les bretelles.
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.