vomitoire
\vɔ.mi.twaʁ\
The verdict
“vomitoire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Issue donnant passage aux spectateurs dans les théâtres et les amphithéâtres et servant à évacuer la foule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vomitoire · vomitoire · French
vomitoire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | vomitoire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɔ.mi.twaʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vomitoire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vomitoire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɔ.mi.twaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
vomitoire has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 vomitoire, spelled V-O-M-I-T-O-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Issue donnant passage aux spectateurs dans les théâtres et les amphithéâtres et servant à évacuer la foule.
- 2Passage facilitant la circulation dans un théâtre ou tout autre lieu de spectacle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vomitoire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Souvent, au Lutèce, il passait dans la salle, mais toujours il restait debout dans les vomitoires, les amorces de couloirs.
J’espérais apercevoir des visages au baisser du rideau, mais nous dûmes nous lever quelques secondes avant la fin et gagner en grande hâte les vomitoires à la sortie desquels on nous engouffra dans le minibus.
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.