anaphore
French, noun/a.na.fɔʁ/
anaphore is spelled A-N-A-P-H-O-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 68,913th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anaphore is a French feminine noun meaning “anaphora (repetition of a phrase used for emphasis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mot ou syntagme qui, dans un énoncé, assure une reprise sémantique d’un précédent segment appelé antécédent…”.
What does anaphore mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanaphora (repetition of a phrase used for emphasis)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mot ou syntagme qui, dans un énoncé, assure une reprise sémantique d’un précédent segment appelé antécédent ou, plus simplement, rappelle par un moyen grammatical une idée déjà exprimée ou un fait qui s’est déjà produit. 2. Figure de style qui consiste en la répétition du ou des même(s) mot(s) au début de plusieurs phrases ou vers.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anaphore
- anaphores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anaphore?
- /a.na.fɔʁ/
- \a.na.fɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anaphore
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anaphore in French?
anaphore appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).