trottoir roulant

\tʁɔ.twaʁ ʁu.lɑ̃\

/\tʁɔ.twaʁ ʁu.lɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“trottoir roulant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de travelator : un tapis roulant pour piétons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trottoir-roulant · trottoir roulant · French

trottoir roulant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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 trottoir roulant
PropertyValue
Headwordtrottoir roulant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɔ.twaʁ ʁu.lɑ̃\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « trottoir roulant » en français

trottoir roulantreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

trottoir roulant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁɔ.twaʁ ʁu.lɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de travelator : un tapis roulant pour piétons.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for trottoir roulant, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is trottoir roulant, spelled T-R-O-T-T-O-I-R- -R-O-U-L-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonyme de travelator : un tapis roulant pour piétons.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how trottoir roulant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il est immense, le trottoir roulant de la station Montparnasse. On s’y engage avec la même appréhension que sur les escalators des magasins.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trottoir roulant"?
"trottoir roulant" is spelled T-R-O-T-T-O-I-R- -R-O-U-L-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɔ.twaʁ ʁu.lɑ̃\.
What does "trottoir roulant" mean?
As a noun, "trottoir roulant" means: Synonyme de travelator : un tapis roulant pour piétons.
How do you pronounce "trottoir roulant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trottoir roulant" is \tʁɔ.twaʁ ʁu.lɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trottoir roulant" come from?
"trottoir roulant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list