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tenir au corps

French, verb/tə.niʁ o kɔʁ/

tenir au corps is a French verb meaning “to stick to someone's ribs, to be filling, to be stodgy, to be heavy on the stomach” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être roboratif, être nourrissant, en parlant d'un aliment”.

What does tenir au corps mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to stick to someone's ribs, to be filling, to be stodgy, to be heavy on the stomach

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Être roboratif, être nourrissant, en parlant d'un aliment.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce tenir au corps?

  • /tə.niʁ o kɔʁ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.