zeugma
\zøɡ.ma\
The verdict
“zeugma” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adjonction, sous-entendu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zeugma · zeugma · French
zeugma · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | zeugma |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \zøɡ.ma\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
zeugma is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \zøɡ.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zeugma, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is zeugma, spelled Z-E-U-G-M-A.
Definition
- 1Adjonction, sous-entendu.
- 2Figure de style consistant à lier par la syntaxe deux mots ou groupes de mots, de sens et d’emplois différents, autour d’un unique verbe polysémique associé séparément à chacun de ces mots ou chacune de ces locutions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zeugma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le zeugma a lieu quand un mot, déjà exprimé dans une proposition, est sous-entendu dans une autre proposition analogue à la première et attachée à celle-ci.
Le zeugma est simple quand le mot sous-entendu est exactement celui qui a été exprimé, par exemple : « L'Océan était vide et la plage déserte. » où était est sous-entendu dans le second membre de la phrase.
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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.