derviche
French, noun/dɛʁ.viʃ/
derviche is spelled D-E-R-V-I-C-H-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 87,470th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Derviche is a French masculine noun meaning “Dervish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Religieux musulman appartenant à une confrérie”.
What does derviche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineDervish
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Religieux musulman appartenant à une confrérie.
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 derviche
- derviches plural
- dervis rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce derviche?
- /dɛʁ.viʃ/
- \dɛʁ.viʃ\
- [dɛʁ.viʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to derviche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is derviche in French?
derviche appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).