lipophile
\li.pɔ.fil\
The verdict
“lipophile” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie la portion de certaines molécules ayant une affinité avec les solvants organiques, et évitant d’être en contact avec un solvant polaire, comme l’eau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lipophile · lipophile · French
lipophile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lipophile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \li.pɔ.fil\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lipophile » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lipophile is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \li.pɔ.fil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
lipophile has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 lipophile, spelled L-I-P-O-P-H-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qualifie la portion de certaines molécules ayant une affinité avec les solvants organiques, et évitant d’être en contact avec un solvant polaire, comme l’eau.
- 2Se dit d’une substance chimique très soluble dans les corps gras.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lipophile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La chaîne carbonée de l’éthanol est lipophile, contrairement à son groupe hydroxyle.
Les savons sont des molécules dont une partie est hydrophile, l’autre lipophile, soluble dans un corps gras.
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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.