tartir

\taʁ.tiʁ\

/\taʁ.tiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - intransitif Déféquer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tartir · tartir · French

tartir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" 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 tartir
PropertyValue
Headwordtartir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\taʁ.tiʁ\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tartir” sits in French frequency

tartir falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

tartir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \taʁ.tiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

tartir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tartir, spelled T-A-R-T-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    intransitif Déféquer.
  2. 2
    intransitif S'ennuyer, s'emmerder, rester seul à attendre que le temps passe.
  3. 3
    transitif faire tartir, laisser tartir : faire attendre, faire poireauter.
  4. 4
    transitif Envoyer tartir : Envoyer promener.
  5. 5
    transitif faire tartir : faire chier quelqu'un, emmerder quelqu'un.
  6. 6
    pronominal S’emmerder.
  7. 7
    pronominal se faire tartir : se faire chier, s'emmerder, s'ennuyer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les poulagas ! Plomb-Plomb, le charclo et son teigneux de gaspard... le gourbi... pas réveiller le concepige, surtout... les poulagas ! S'agit pas de tartir dans l'azimut.
  2. … comme je tartis seul devant une chope de vodka, le téléphone sonne ….

Synonyms

aller à la sellecaguercouler un bronzechierdéféquerfaire cacafaire popomouler un cakeposer une pêche

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tartir"?
"tartir" is spelled T-A-R-T-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \taʁ.tiʁ\.
What does "tartir" mean?
As a verb, "tartir" means: intransitif Déféquer.
How do you pronounce "tartir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tartir" is \taʁ.tiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tartir" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list