tout d’une haleine

\tu d‿y.n‿a.lɛn\

/\tu d‿y.n‿a.lɛn\/ adv

The verdict

“tout d’une haleine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - Tout d’un trait ; sans reprendre haleine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tout-d-une-haleine · tout d’une haleine · French

tout d’une haleine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-8 8 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 tout d’une haleine
PropertyValue
Headwordtout d’une haleine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\tu d‿y.n‿a.lɛn\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tout d’une haleine » en français

tout d’une haleinen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

tout d’une haleine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \tu d‿y.n‿a.lɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tout d’une haleine, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 tout d’une haleine, spelled T-O-U-T- -D-’-U-N-E- -H-A-L-E-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tout d’un trait ; sans reprendre haleine.
  2. 2
    Sans se reposer et sans que la mémoire hésite.
  3. 3
    Sans intermission ; sans arrêt ; sans discontinuer

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les chrétiens buvaient autrefois en l’honneur des anges, des apôtres, des martyrs. Un historien assure qu’anciennement les peuples grossiers d’Écosse n’élisaient leurs évêques qu’après les avoir éprouvés sur cet article. On leur présentait le grand verre de saint Magnus : lorsqu’ils le buvaient tout d’une haleine, le peuple transporté de joie battait des…
  2. M. et Mme Lescalle furent néanmoins enchantés des talents de Rose, quand ils l’entendirent exécuter des morceaux de Herz tout d’une haleine et regardèrent la tête de Romulus et celle de Niobé dessinées par elle à la sanguine.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tout d’une haleine"?
"tout d’une haleine" is spelled T-O-U-T- -D-’-U-N-E- -H-A-L-E-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tu d‿y.n‿a.lɛn\.
What does "tout d’une haleine" mean?
As an adverb, "tout d’une haleine" means: Tout d’un trait ; sans reprendre haleine.
How do you pronounce "tout d’une haleine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tout d’une haleine" is \tu d‿y.n‿a.lɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list