amour platonique
\a.muʁ pla.tɔ.nik\
The verdict
“amour platonique” 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) - Amour solide et unique qui ne repose pas uniquement sur les besoins sexuels.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amour-platonique · amour platonique · French
amour platonique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | amour platonique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.muʁ pla.tɔ.nik\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
amour platonique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.muʁ pla.tɔ.nik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for amour platonique, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is amour platonique, spelled A-M-O-U-R- -P-L-A-T-O-N-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Amour solide et unique qui ne repose pas uniquement sur les besoins sexuels.
- 2Amour immatériel, dégagé de tout désir physique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amour platonique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Contrairement à la croyance populaire, l'amour platonique est avant tout un amour physique, mais Platon fait une importante distinction entre désir sexuel et amour physique : le premier est un manque naturel que nous pouvons assouvir avec n'importe quel partenaire du sexe désiré; le second est une recherche de complétude et une guérison que seul un parten…
Madame Mignon, qui lisait dans l’âme de sa fille, avait donc raison. Modeste aimait, elle aimait de cet amour platonique si rare, si peu compris, la première illusion des jeunes filles, le plus délicat de tous les sentiments, la friandise du cœur.
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.