anaphrodisiaque

\a.na.fʁɔ.di.zjak\

/\a.na.fʁɔ.di.zjak\/ adj

The verdict

“anaphrodisiaque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui amortit les désirs sexuels.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anaphrodisiaque · anaphrodisiaque · French

anaphrodisiaque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 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.

Key facts for anaphrodisiaque
PropertyValue
Headwordanaphrodisiaque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.na.fʁɔ.di.zjak\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « anaphrodisiaque » en français

anaphrodisiaquesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anaphrodisiaque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.na.fʁɔ.di.zjak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui amortit les désirs sexuels.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for anaphrodisiaque, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 anaphrodisiaque, spelled A-N-A-P-H-R-O-D-I-S-I-A-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui amortit les désirs sexuels.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how anaphrodisiaque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le houblon est une plante anaphrodisiaque.
  2. Il faudra éviter la laitue, la bière, le vin, l’alcool et le tabac en trop grande quantité, l’odeur de camphre et surtout le café noir, qui sont anaphrodisiaques, c’est à dire qui ont pour effet d’éteindre, partiellement au moins, les désirs amoureux.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anaphrodisiaque"?
"anaphrodisiaque" is spelled A-N-A-P-H-R-O-D-I-S-I-A-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.na.fʁɔ.di.zjak\.
What does "anaphrodisiaque" mean?
As an adjective, "anaphrodisiaque" means: Qui amortit les désirs sexuels.
How do you pronounce "anaphrodisiaque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anaphrodisiaque" is \a.na.fʁɔ.di.zjak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anaphrodisiaque" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list