héliophile
French, adjective/e.ljɔ.fil/
héliophile is spelled H-É-L-I-O-P-H-I-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Héliophile is a French adjective meaning “heliophilous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui aime l’exposition au soleil”.
What does héliophile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
heliophilous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui aime l’exposition au soleil.
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 héliophile
- héliophiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce héliophile?
- /e.ljɔ.fil/
- \e.ljɔ.fil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is héliophile in French?
héliophile appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).