Nephite
/ˈniːfaɪt/noun
Nephite is a noun meaning “A member of the group of descendants of Lehi's son Nephi who supposedly lived in the Americas from around 600 BC until 385 AD when the Lamanites…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-E-P-H-I-T-E, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Nephite is Nephites.
What does Nephite mean?
noun
- 1
A member of the group of descendants of Lehi's son Nephi who supposedly lived in the Americas from around 600 BC until 385 AD when the Lamanites wiped them out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Nephite?
- /ˈniːfaɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Nephite
- Nephites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Nephite?
Nephite appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Nephite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a descendant of Nephi:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | nefita |
| Spanish | nefita |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Nephite come from?
From Nephi + -ite.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).