torgnole
\tɔʁ.njɔl\
The verdict
“torgnole” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coup, généralement sur le visage ou sur la tête.
Corpus desk
Index FR-torgnole · torgnole · French
torgnole · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | torgnole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɔʁ.njɔl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
torgnole is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɔʁ.njɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for torgnole in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 torgnole, spelled T-O-R-G-N-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Coup, généralement sur le visage ou sur la tête.
- 2Panaris, petit mal blanc qui fait le tour du doigt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how torgnole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’en compte çà et là une quantité, filles, garçons, grands, petits, moyens, qui, sans erreur possible, — ont le visage modelé par les coups. En a-t-il fallu des brutalités depuis leur naissance ! Car la chair reprend sa forme après une torgnole, le sourire renaît après les pleurs. En a-t-il fallu des réitérations pour que des coins de visage restent de tr…
Les torgnoles aplatissent au mur tout ce qui ne peut pas se défendre et riposter : enfants, chiens ou chats.
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.