transitaire
\tʁɑ̃.zi.tɛʁ\
The verdict
“transitaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à un transit de marchandises.
Corpus desk
Index FR-transitaire · transitaire · French
transitaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | transitaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁɑ̃.zi.tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
transitaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁɑ̃.zi.tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for transitaire in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is transitaire, spelled T-R-A-N-S-I-T-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif à un transit de marchandises.
- 2Qualifie un état par lequel transitent des marchandises.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how transitaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'ile de Van-Ninh devint très rapidement un des centres de commerce les plus considérables de la région, […]; elle fut le lieu de ravitaillement des contrées environnantes, le port transitaire de tous les articles d'importation étrangère, et le grand marché des produits naturels du Tonkin montagneux, du Quang-Si oriental et d'une partie du Quang-Tong.
On comprend que le gouvernement de Bruxelles, voyant du jour au lendemain réduites presque à néant les recettes de ses bureaux luxembourgeois, ait mis tout en œuvre pour entraver ou contrôler ce trafic transitaire.
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.