épicurien
\e.pi.ky.ʁjɛ̃\
The verdict
“épicurien” is uncommon French (frequency #62,008 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,008
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est partisan de la doctrine d’Épicure ; qui est conforme à cette doctrine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epicurien · épicurien · French
épicurien · rank #62,008 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,008
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH établissons
Nearest frequency peer: établissons (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « épicurien »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- élaborant
élaborant
37,997 corpus weight
- émaner
émaner
37,995 corpus weight
- épicurien
épicurien
37,993 corpus weight
- établissons
établissons
37,992 corpus weight
- étourdissant
étourdissant
37,991 corpus weight
- éviterai
éviterai
37,990 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « épicurien » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épicurien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.pi.ky.ʁjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « épicurien » en français
Rare enough to double-check
épicurien is uncommon French at frequency #62,008 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.pi.ky.ʁjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for épicurien in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is épicurien, spelled É-P-I-C-U-R-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Qui est partisan de la doctrine d’Épicure ; qui est conforme à cette doctrine.
- 2Hédoniste, qui ne songe qu’au plaisir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how épicurien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le moment semble venu où l'on peut avec plus de justice apprécier la doctrine épicurienne, et chercher la part de vérité qu'elle renferme.
La clé de la sagesse épicurienne consiste à comprendre que nous pouvons être heureux si nos désirs, au lieu d'être illimités, se ramènent à la dimension restreinte des besoins de notre corps.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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