tomber en pâmoison
\tɔ̃.be ɑ̃ pɑ.mwa.zɔ̃\
The verdict
“tomber en pâmoison” 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) - S’évanouir, perdre connaissance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tomber-en-pamoison · tomber en pâmoison · French
tomber en pâmoison · 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 "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 | tomber en pâmoison |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tɔ̃.be ɑ̃ pɑ.mwa.zɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tomber en pâmoison » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tomber en pâmoison is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \tɔ̃.be ɑ̃ pɑ.mwa.zɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "S’évanouir, perdre connaissance.".
tomber en pâmoison doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is tomber en pâmoison, spelled T-O-M-B-E-R- -E-N- -P-Â-M-O-I-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1S’évanouir, perdre connaissance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tomber en pâmoison appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] et si je n’ai jamais vu de femme plus hideuse, jamais, jamais je ne vis de plus coquette personne. Une toilette, un bijou aperçu à travers des vitrines éblouissantes, la faisaient tomber en pâmoison.
Elle débordait d’enthousiasme. Les perroquets, les économistes et les vers de M. Mille la faisaient tomber en pâmoison.
Synonyms
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.