tenue d’Adam
\tə.ny da.dɑ̃\
The verdict
“tenue d’Adam” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nudité (pour un homme).
Corpus desk
Index FR-tenue-d-adam · tenue d’Adam · French
tenue d’Adam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tenue d’Adam |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tə.ny da.dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tenue d’Adam is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tə.ny da.dɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nudité (pour un homme).".
Zero misspellings are on record for tenue d’Adam in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tenue d’Adam, spelled T-E-N-U-E- -D-’-A-D-A-M.
Definition
- 1Nudité (pour un homme).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tenue d’Adam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette dernière fut paraît-il enlevée parce que contraire aux bonnes moeurs, le héros de Marengo était, en effet, représenté en tenue d’Adam.
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.